Nadine Coyle

I love the live shows when they're on and all singing great but I hate it when the judges say bad things about their singing. I feel sick because I feel it is mean because I've done the reality TV thing so I have such strong memories of what it feels like and I just imagine how bad and how nervous they must feel.

Of course I have been watching 'Derry Girls!' Series, link and record! Everything shuts down when it is on the TV. I'm like 'Nobody speak.'

There was real camaraderie in Girls Aloud, the feeling of one for all, and all for one.

The press likes to create cat fights with girl bands.

When I'm out and people ask me what I do for a living, the worst thing you can say is, 'I'm a singer.' It opens up a can of worms.

I like England, but L.A.'s warmer.

I have an animal phobia, especially ones I don't know.

Having your heart broken is like going through grief, it's really hard.

Writing was something that came easily to me and there's so many great producers who just teach you so much.

I have a very good, close circle of friends, I keep it positive. Obviously there is the negative stuff, but you've got to let go of it. You can't get bogged down in the details of anything, otherwise you'd drive yourself mad.

Sexism definitely exists - you see that in all walks of life.

I love doing things on stage with other people.

I rarely do shows just by myself, I've had vocalists or musicians so I can look at them and connect - and say 'can you breathe... do you need a water?'

My favourite smell is bleach. If I walk into the house and there's things being bleached, it just makes me feel at home, euphoric almost.

Girls Aloud is not just us five, there's like us five plus a ridiculous team of 50 who travel with us, it's amazing.

It's amazing to me that songwriting is an actual job.

To be able to create an album where you are in complete control of your own work is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an artist.

The traditional model for selling an album isn't the only way of doing things.

When I get back to Derry I always enjoy a good fry-up that my mum makes. That's my big weakness. I also eat too much chocolate.

I have always had incredibly skinny legs. It's in my family.

It's hard being with a man, it really is. They just don't 'get' you all the time.

I didn't want the band to end, it was as simple as that.

I remember the days beginning at sixteen, seventeen years old in Girls Aloud. Nobody knew us, nobody cared. We'd do university shows and people threw beers cans at us. All sorts of crazy things! We had to work really hard to get where we did.

Sweetest High' is for the clubs, that's what it was for. It wasn't supposed to be anything serious.

There's no rules in music anymore. You don't have to go down with, 'You have a single, let's do six weeks of promo, beginning with this, doing this, doing this.'

Everybody laughs at me because I don't really wear much make-up. I have to be forced and usually people buy make-up for me because they're like, this is ridiculous.

I was born and raised in Derry and I can't change the way I talk.

I am psychic.

Some rules are stupid.

I can't decide which way I talk. I really, honestly can't.

I do like to do mad stuff on occasions.

I am such an indoor person.

Some days I am fine but us mums are not robots, we are not perfect, we have to give ourselves a break and a pat on the back.

I'm not a single mum, I am just a mum.

As a woman I think we are capable of doing so many things. There is great ability to compartmentalise - to focus on the task at hand, do it well and then move on to the next one, while having another million things going on.

I'm generally quite active and try to squeeze in a workout when I'm waiting for stuff. Like if you're cooking dinner, try to squeeze in a few squats or a few yoga moves. Or if you're brushing your teeth. You know, just trying to do more than one thing at once.

I like to swim. Love a swim, any time I can do that is a good thing.

Lip balm can double up for taming the brows, too.

If you don't like somebody, just be genuine about it. You don't have to be anything else.

I have insecurities, but they don't consume me. It doesn't bother me if my hair's a mess or if I have a bad skin day. I just don't look in the mirror!

I have nieces and nephews who I've nurtured, but when it's your own it's hard to put into words how difficult it is.

My older sister has four kids and I honestly don't know how she does it.

Ach, I've never been one for big declarations or releasing statements.

I like a guy who does a nine-to-five job.

I used to love watching that programme '19 Kids And Counting' and I thought I might just keep going and have 19 kids myself. I had these big plans to home-school them all and I even wanted to be a surrogate as well.

Right after I had Anaiya, I definitely wanted more kids. I was like: 'I think I could do this professionally.' Because I loved being pregnant so much.

Before I was in Girls Aloud, I wanted to be a nanny. But then Girls Aloud started and that ruined that dream!

I'm just not a huge romantic type and getting married is a hugely romantic gesture.

A baby adds more stress to a relationship - you're up all night and it really is a test. Everything changes. You can't just go for lunch or dinner or a drink. That goes out the window, and you're dealing with the serious stuff.

I have nothing against getting married. It's a great thing.