Geri Halliwell Quotes

'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.

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

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.

I want to communicate through my music. If you want to know Geri Halliwell listen to my album: it tells you more about me than a documentary ever could.

I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows?

I am absolutely blessed and I'm very grateful for where I am today.

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it takes all the playfulness away.

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.

For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous.

Id never choose to turn the clock back.

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.

I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.

It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated.

I like doing accents. One of my friends works in hotel reservations and I'll ring her up and complain about the suite. Sometimes I get her.

I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster.

There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty.

A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.

I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example.

Everyone has a mad half-hour once a month.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!

First my mother was Spanish. Then she became a Jehovahs Witness.

I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears.

My favorite word is existentialism. I can't say it and I'm not quite sure what it means.

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline.

It's about labeling. For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous. I'd like to see it rebranded. We need to see a celebration of our femininity and softness.

I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.

I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles.

Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis.

Lyrically I'm very ironic and silly, but I hope I'll touch your heart

Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum.

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love.

I don't know a lot about politics but I have great trust in him as leader.

I've learnt that if I tell myself I'm not allowed something, I binge on it later. So if I want chocolate, I have chocolate. If I want biscuits, I have biscuits. I love cake. I just love cake.

I obviously want to give a healthy body image to my own daughter. I think having good examples, eating properly, that's all one can do - and just be really loving around her. I've tried to give her confidence in who she is. I think she's all right in the confidence department.

I think I've really learned how important it is to empower women.

There's always going to be that pressure when you're in front of the camera. When you're famous it's just an extreme version of reality and there's a pressure to look a certain way.

I have the most ridiculous TV crush on Michael McIntyre. I fell in love watching him on 'Britain's Got Talent'.

I was so afraid of upsetting people, and not being liked for saying something that was not to everyone's taste.

I have days of self-doubt, but I think the kindest thing I can do to myself is accept where my body is at.

I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was.

I've had singing lessons and plan to show off.