- Southern chip shops don't do chips in gravy - Northern ones do - and I'm forever asking them to start doing chips in gravy. That would be so good.
- [2003; after an interviewer had asked Girls Aloud how they will stop their lives as pop stars from becoming another boring day job, Nadine Coyle said that she was sure this will not happen] It was like I was saying to a make-up artist: "Isn't it boring just making up the same five girls all day?" And she said: "Does your job bore you?" It's just about knowing what you want to do and doing it.
- [2003; on school] Total boredom.
- [2003] I used to get upset and frightened of it [becoming a pop star] not happening for me, of never getting it and always being a waitress.
- The lyrics are quite personal. I like rap music, and rappers use real-life language and don't hold back in what they talk about. My lyrics aren't generic pop lyrics just there because they rhyme. I've tried to write things as I'd say them, so it sounds more like me. There's a song called Sticks And Stones, which is about when I was 17 and I thought I'd won the jackpot when I got in the band [Girls Aloud], and then things not turning out as I might have expected. The middle eight on that song is very honest and truthful.
- People are still scared to go to school, kids are threatening to kill themselves; it's disgusting that it persists. So, again, I'm giving a voice to a cause, to hopefully affect change.
- People feel they can say nasty things and have anonymity behind the net - as they did with all the nasty comments about me - without fear of recrimination.
- The internet has really highlighted this issue. It shows us how easy it is for people to pass judgement on others and it also shows us that people now have a place for expression. Whether it be twitter or blog posts it gives people a place to offload. Whenever I have bought somebody's record I always flick through and search for the ones that I really relate to at that time, they become my favourites, I play that song to death and then the rest of the album gets its chance. Music is there to milk an emotion I think. Whether it be a party track when you want to feel sky high or an emotional song when you need something to draw out how you feel inside. That's my sticks and stones and it's so comforting to know that it's yours too. I'm going to try my best to speak to Micheal Gove the educational secretary about how we can work out a better support system in schools for people finding themselves in unbearable situations every time they walk through the school gate... I'll keep you posted on that. Wish me luck!
- We had something that was fresh, rather than us just doing an Atomic Kitten track.
- [introducing "Love Machine"] When we first recorded this next song, none of us were quite sure about it because it was a little bit quirky and the lyrics are a little bit daft, so we weren't really convinced on how it was going to go down.
- [Girls Aloud's cover of "Jump (For My Love)"] was meant to be. It was a turning point and everyone loved it.
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