In school nativity plays I was always the bloody little donkey, I was never Mary.

'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe.

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing.

I love being on the beach - it's my favourite place. I can chill out, read, listen to music, play with my daughter.

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.

Step by step, the road is long, but at the end you can touch a star.

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.

We hope for the future, then we reach for the past.

It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves. Don't take life too seriously.

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.

I'm never getting too lonely because it's the kind of disease where you might sit in front of the TV with three bags of biscuits, rather than communicate with the world.

Love is a better master than duty.

I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.

Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves!

People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.

You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.

I still had the same affection for New Zealand as I've always had. Didn't change at all.

Without an awareness of our feelings we cannot experience compassion. How can we share the sufferings and the joys of others if we cannot experience our own?

I have a metal plate in my head, and can pop my shoulder and pop it back.

Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.