English Quotes

I got a feeling I had loads when I was in primary school, 'cause I had red hair; you know, like Duracell.

Can't really despise people you don't know.

It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.

I'm a really good hacker, but I'm not a sensible person.

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets.

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.

God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

When people feel good, they look good.

Mum would have a panic attack if she had to stand up and give a speech around a table.

I think it's probably best to work out in the morning to get it out of the way. My ultimate top tip is to drag yourself, even if you have to roll yourself out of your bed and in to a sit-up - it's really not that bad once you start.

I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game.

I love clothes but it's a struggle for me to get out of jeans and a baggy jumper.

I don't like seeing celebs looking too skinny, I love it when they look healthy and comfortable in their bodies and embrace their curves.

Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school.

You've got your Justins who have all the back flipping dancers and stuff, and then you've got Lemar, and he totally moves you without having to do all of that, and he's gorgeous.

Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important.

There never seems to be enough hours in the day. At the moment I have no time to make new music because I've been doing so much promotion for this new single.

Obviously I wouldn't be able to do it without the support of so many people.

My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching.

My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority.

In the UK and the US especially you've got a lot of throwaway artists who have their 40 million dancers and they do their show. There's many artists who would not do a live show because they know they can't.

I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.

I really, really love being a mum and I absolutely love being a singer so I couldn't be happier.

I couldn't think of anything else I'd rather be doing.