Nadine Coyle
The traditional model for selling an album isn't the only way of doing things.
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.
It's amazing to me that songwriting is an actual job.
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.
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.
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?'
I love doing things on stage with other people.
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.
Writing was something that came easily to me and there's so many great producers who just teach you so much.
Having your heart broken is like going through grief, it's really hard.
I like England, but L.A.'s warmer.
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.
The press likes to create cat fights with girl bands.
There was real camaraderie in Girls Aloud, the feeling of one for all, and all for one.
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.'
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.
I have nothing against getting married. It's a great thing.
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'm just not a huge romantic type and getting married is a hugely romantic gesture.
Before I was in Girls Aloud, I wanted to be a nanny. But then Girls Aloud started and that ruined that dream!
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.
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.
Ach, I've never been one for big declarations or releasing statements.
My older sister has four kids and I honestly don't know how she does it.
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.
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!
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.
Lip balm can double up for taming the brows, too.
I like to swim. Love a swim, any time I can do that is a good thing.
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.
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 not a single mum, I am just a mum.
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 am such an indoor person.
I do like to do mad stuff on occasions.
I can't decide which way I talk. I really, honestly can't.
Some rules are stupid.
I am psychic.
I was born and raised in Derry and I can't change the way I talk.
I like a guy who does a nine-to-five job.
In Girls Aloud, there's always someone there to help out, to jump in on difficult questions and to moan with about how hard we're working. That camaraderie isn't there when you're solo.
Sexism definitely exists - you see that in all walks of life.
My big weakness is potatoes. I love them mashed or baked.
I have an animal phobia, especially ones I don't know.
I don't mind being asked anything! Not at all. I tell you what is annoying, is when you say something and somebody writes something that's completely different to what you said, and you're like, 'well that's not nice, because that's not what happened.'
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.
Louis Walsh, he made me audition for Girls Aloud, he said, 'If you don't, I won't speak to you again.' I was like, 'We don't speak that much anyway.' I went and it all worked out well, I wouldn't have gone to the audition if it wasn't for him.
The entertainment thing - you're there to entertain, it's not about you - I get that, but for a while I lost my opinion.
I was losing sight of myself and started to get anxiety and stress. You work at such a pace and you don't have time to sit with yourself and think.
Keeping your sense of self is important.