I'd never choose to turn the clock back.

I'm always coming up against scepticism in my life.

I'm done with trying to be perfect. A perfect body belongs to somebody else - and it's not me.

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

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've been all sorts of different shapes and sizes at different times in my life.

I've got an image of me at the bottom of my garden sitting under my silver birch tree reading, while everyone else had gone somewhere exotic.

If people choose to engage on a one-dimensional level that's fine. But going beyond the surface can enrich ourselves as human beings.

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

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.

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.

'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe.

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

When I'm scared, my natural state is to hide and run for cover.

Celebrity has some amazing advantages, of course it does. You're given an extraordinary power. It's a door-opener. I might not have to queue for things.

I do get scared, but I think - like it says in another book I've read - feel the fear and do it anyway. I try to have courage, pray a little bit and work through it. I'd rather try, even if I fail.

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 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.