Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to whatever your own personal style is rather than feeling dictated to by shops.
My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce.
I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.
I really love being in London at weekends - there's always so much to do.
I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world.
I tasted huge success with my first album, and when it's happening it feels like a roller coaster you can't get off. You should be very careful about wishing for success on that scale.
I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?
I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere.
Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.
I'm the messiest person I know.
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?
I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.
I wrote the worst novel ever.
Being a chef would be too much hard work.
There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.
I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.
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.
I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.
I'm a sucker for good black skirts and pretty little shirts and kooky tops. I have to admit that shopping satisfies my craving for immediate gratification.
I get really frustrated if people don't smile.
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 think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.
Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.
I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.
A good song is a good song whatever your age.
Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.
On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.
The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.
I'm a sucker for sad disco pop.
There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house.
Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.
I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions!
I love getting dressed up. Being a pop star is the most brilliant job for that. A lot of girls love shopping, but they might see the most amazing outfit and think, 'When am I going to wear that?', so it's my duty to exploit the fact I do have events I can wear these things to.
In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.
The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong.
I'm always sticking up for other people.
I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.
'The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
I think I'm fairly good with money, but I've developed some strange tics - in shops I don't like to go to the counter unless I've got at least two things to buy. If I'm walking around with just one thing in my hand I'll put it back and wait a few weeks because that doesn't seem like a proper purchase.
I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.
I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it.
I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.
I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service.
My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.
I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.
That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more.
When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say.
Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics.
