I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.
Tulisa
You have to break yourself down to rebuild yourself stronger.
To clarify, I haven't had surgery. Surgery is 'going under the knife,' breaking bones, adding stuff in. I simply just had cosmetic enhancement: it's just a little bit of filler which I put a little bit in my cheeks and in my lips.
I feel like the bad times have fired me up: you have to turn negativity into positivity.
I guess guys are intimidated. I've never had a guy come up to me and be like, 'Hi, you alright? Can I buy you a drink?'
I'm a big fan of lip fillers and collagen waves.
Everyone assumes I've become this nice person overnight since joining the 'X Factor,' and before that, I was an aggressive, violent chav that just goes around attacking people and swearing every five minutes. It's just brought to the fore certain qualities that were always there.
I can't even handle a spider in my bathtub. I'm scared of the dark, and I've got ultimate, epic bug phobia.
Pictures of me where my face was swelling, I had water retention - where you have filler, your face draws up a load of water. So my face began to swell like a balloon.
If I was to base my opinion on Twitter, I'd be like, 'Oh my God, I must be the most hated woman in Britain.' But I go around the street, and despite all the abusive messages, not one person comes up to me and says anything other than nice things and ask for a picture.
I know that I'm Marmite, and I wouldn't want to be anything less or anything more. I'm just myself.
We were always complete opposite characters - that's what made N-Dubz - and we publically said that, and we said it in our songs.
It really bugs me when people say I've had a nose job.
I only hang about with people I don't feel awkward around. I don't let many people into my circle.
I've always wanted to do a tune with The Prodigy because I'm such a massive fan.
I regret losing my innocence so early.
I'd like to settle and have a family and get married when I'm, like, 30.
Life is a rollercoaster, and the lower you are, the higher you'll go.
People's minds can change very quickly.
I've always suffered from depression.
The Greek side of my family are actually all really fair.
I want to become so successful that if I wanna fart on a track, I can, and it will sell.
I've started meditation. I even train in Kung Fu. I'm into my juicing, my healthy eating - my whole lifestyle has taken a massive turn.
I'm an intense singer, so I look like I need the toilet every time I hit a high-note.
It's great to bring urban music to the commercial scene.
I think any knock-back is a positive because it just helps you progress and move forward.
A word of advice is, when you judge someone, it doesn't define the person that you're judging. It defines you.
Everyone is a product of their own environment, and that, I think, has actually been the key lesson for me.
I like having my lips done. It's my personal thing; it makes me happy. I'm honest about it; I could lie. At least I'm telling the truth!
I had little breakdowns and depression that would last for three days. I also started suffering from panic attacks. I used to get them when I was really young, but they came back. I'd be out having a drink, and then I wouldn't be able to breathe, would freak out, and I'd feel like my heart was going to stop.
It was amazing to remake and rewrite a song like 'Sweet Like Chocolate.' It feels like a good way to come back.
I had an allergic reaction to lip fillers. And I looked like 'Finding Nemo.'
I'm proud of me, and I am who I am.
You either fall, or you fight - and I chose to fight.
Whether it comes to media pressure or anything, I've become a bit laid back and actually not bothered.
I'm a musician. I've done TV, but I've never really been a reality TV star, and it's not the route I'm looking to go down, and when I do TV, I want it to be connected to music.
Having my novels published is a dream come true.
I swear on my mum's life, I've never done a day's exercise.
People in the U.K. are passionate about the 'X Factor' - it's their show, so you have to care. It's brought out a more emotional side to me. It's actually made me softer.
I don't really have a strategy other than to just be myself.
You can see from the curves that I'm not working out - it's just jelly!
The more money you make, the less you have to pay for things.
If I could have the tabloids stop writing as much about me, and still get paid the same amount that I do, then I'd be quite happy. But I suppose it comes with the other things. If I'm not in the public eye, and then I'm not wanted, and I'm not getting endorsements, I'm not being talked about, my records aren't going to be bought.
I'm one of those people that do what I do because I love it.
I do what I do because I love it. I'd never really been into the celebrity side of it, so if I've got nothing to talk about, I'd just rather not be seen at all.
I openly admit it: I am a diva with my food.
All of the fillers I had in the past have now dissolved - apart from my lip fillers. I left them in, and they are something I have to maintain.
When you think about the 'X Factor,' you're always going to think about Cheryl because she was a massive part of it. Huge.
I couldn't be an artist who was told what to do, what to be, what to sing.
I want to go back into acting again.
