Geri Halliwell Quotes

• "Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense."
• "Being mean about other people isn't on my radar."
• "Everyone has a mad half-hour once a month."
• "I am absolutely blessed and I'm very grateful for where I am today."
• "I am happy but a piece of me is still really sad. It runs like from my shoulder across my breast, across my heart. I've had growing pains in my brain."
• "I didn't even play the first album to the record company-I did 13 tracks. Too many cooks spoil the broth. This time I've listened to people from the record company out of courtesy."
• "I didn't want to leave the Spice Girls and immediately have a record on the back of that fame, so I waited to find out who I am and what I want."
• "I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!"
• "I feel fear about something, but rather than registering I feel fear about it, I relay how I feel to my body and the way that I look at myself-it's completely distorted."
• "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."
• "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 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."
• "I have never really had a singing lesson. I come from a real Artful Dodger background so I just blag it. I am having a real try here."
• "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."
• "I just grew out of Ginger Spice but I don't think she will ever completely die. Maybe when I'm a granny I will still be pinching people's bottoms-it's the Spanish in me."
• "I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted."
• "I never let myself get too angry, or eat on feelings, you know stuffing food down. I find other ways to release my anger."
• "I still cry a lot. I cry about the Spice Girls and I cry about my dad. He died just before I joined the band. I was always Daddy's little girl."
• "I want everything I do to be special and fun. Everything I have done I have always done passionately, with all my heart and soul."
• "I want to come back with a bang. I've been licking my wounds. I've been in mourning after the Spice Girls, re-evaluating myself."
• "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 was meant to be staying with him for three days and ended up staying three months."
• "I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster."
• "I'd never choose to turn the clock back."
• "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've never allowed myself to be put through that sausage machine. I'm probably the most unmanufactured pop artist you could meet. It freaks people out when they meet me-they are very surprised by what a creative force I am in the studio."
• "If I ever get too hungry, that can trigger me, so I always make sure that I maintain really good, healthy eating habits-three meals a day. I never diet."
• "In the end it was down to my principles and my morals that I was supposed to stand behind. It was supposed to be girlpower but I wanted real power. My new motto is staying power."
• "It's not really about food or the body shape, it's just a way of dealing or coping with life-that's just for me."
• "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."
• "My writing's got better, I feel more confident and more grounded with it and there's a transition in the music. It's got an eclectic flavour-there's a jazz theme, a couple of show tunes."
• "Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."
• "Other than It's Raining Men I've collaborated, particularly lyrically, from the beginning of my career as an artist."
• "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."
• "Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself."
• "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."
• "There is nothing fake about how I look now. I had already thought about toning my look in the Spice Girls but people wanted to see Ginger Spice in a bustier and big boots."
• "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."
• "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."
• "We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously."
• "We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up."
• "In school nativity plays I was always the bloody little donkey, I was never Mary."
• "Competition is for dogs and horses."
• "On George Lucas from Starwars: Underneath that cool exterior of his, George is rocking."
• "I've had singing lessons and plan to show off."
• "I think for us it was about celebrating the past, enjoying each other and it's about our fans. It was the right time. [on Spice Girls reforming]"