Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough

Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.

Yeah, I'm not really a morning person.

I'm a sucker for sad disco pop.

A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd.

I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.

I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.

Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night.

Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.

When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?

Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky.

We learn of great things by little experiences.

Where the electron behaves and misbehaves as it will, where the forces tie themselves up into knots of atoms and come united.

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.

Salvation, O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears.

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.

Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.

A relationship with lots of pain, it's not a relationship that will last long.

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.

I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.

As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young.