Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Edith Bowman

I'm not a natural blonde.

Reporting on great bands at the festivals throughout the summer is probably my favourite part of the year.

I'm not religious but there's something about being in a church at Christmas and listening to a choir sing.

I used to lug a massive bag of CDs everywhere.

I got so much negative feedback about my accent. People saying, 'Yeah, you need to go to elocution lessons.'

I'll always remember listening to Mark Radcliffe playing Sonic Youth. I felt this instant connection, it offered me a peak behind a curtain into this world that I'd never experienced. I wanted to be part of it.

I'm on Spotify and Soundcloud all the time.

Ludwig Goransson is such a huge talent.

Whether it's TV, radio or podcast, I don't think about how many are listening or watching.

The lead singer of Ocean Colour Scene told me I looked like David Beckham when I interviewed him for MTV. I had short hair, was early in my career and still trying to find my confidence. Being a Man United fan, I should have taken it as a compliment; but it was meant unkindly.

I have sensitive skin, allergies to animals and hay fever, although acupuncture seems to help.

Having an opportunity to sit down with Directors, Actors, Musicians, Writers and Composers to talk about their relationship with music, both professionally and personally is my idea of heaven.

Mum and Dad ran a seaside hotel in Anstruther in Fife. It was a family run business, so I worked in the kitchen and helped out as a chambermaid and waitress.

I guess, for me, it's almost a religion; watching music live is more often than not a spiritual experience for me.

The best advice I received when I started out was to think about the camera or microphone as if it was a person to connect with.

To be honest, I didn't really enjoy much of uni life. I turned up for lectures, I got my degree - the rest of the time was spent at the radio station.

Dad was great fun and I was a real daddy's girl. I inherited my love of music from him.

I hate it when people are rude to service staff. I grew up in my family's hotel and experienced it first-hand.

In the evenings, we like to snuggle up in front of the fire on our big couch.

My mum has an MBE and the Queen actually came to my mum and dad's hotel for lunch with the Prince back in the 1980s.

The first thing I notice when I look in the mirror is whether or not I need a fringe trim. I'm not brave enough to cut it myself - I can't look like a three-year-old whose mum has cut their hair again.

I would love to have visited Cuba while Fidel Castro was alive.

My Nana Gladys never left the house without lipstick on; she always had matching nails and lips.

Run Christian Run' is a genius song.

My mum always had an amazing selection of make-up, which I obviously applied badly, on a regular basis.

I would love to get solar panels installed to help us work towards generating our own energy supply.

I've got a tiny little twist in the tooth to the right of my two front teeth that my dad, my aunt and my grandad have all had. It's really weird; it's the Bowman twist. I don't know what it is about my mouth, but it looks a bit wonky to me.

I've never been short of words. I think my mum will tell you that. I think I've known that since primary school.

I had no choice in having two C-sections and I can't believe the lack of understanding of people who assume I have not 'put the work in' or don't have the same connection with my child that I would have had if I'd had natural birth.

I go to bed at 9:30 P.M. and I like to watch TV as I drift off.

I'm a big fan of the whole Comic Relief brand.

Mum and dad have worked so hard and shown me that if you work hard you will reap the benefits.

Mum is the glue who keeps us together. She's a bag of love whose sole purpose is to help others.

I'd like to cook for Stephen Fry. I can't think of a better dinner table companion.

I was accepted by a college in Edinburgh but I think the acceptance letter shocked me into realising it wasn't what I wanted.

Before an interview, I'll go down a rabbit hole of research - it's amazing how many little nuggets you can pick up from watching YouTube videos.

Being a mum of two, having an hour to get ready is a rare thing.

I'm not a girlie girl, but I do like a nice product.

Doing radio breakfast shows makes you the most unhealthy person in the world. It's like having jet lag and you just eat at really weird times.

I really pay attention to makeup artists and what they do with me.

I've always gone to gigs; I remember before I passed my driving test I'd convince various family members or friends' parents to take us to Dundee or Edinburgh to see James or A-ha.

When we travel as a family, there needs to be a cultural element or sporty, outdoorsy things to keep us occupied.

I'm bad with breakfast as I find it unlocks the eating door for the rest of the day, but sometimes I love a bowl of porridge with flaked coconut, crushed pistachios and a drizzle of honey.

When I was nine or 10, I remember having a dinner party at my mum and dad's house. I wanted to have a Thanksgiving dinner because I'd watched so many films that had Thanksgiving in it and I thought: 'Why do we not celebrate this?' So I cooked this big Thanksgiving dinner for probably 10 people and I wouldn't let anybody help me.

Finding yourself can affect how you think about your appearance.

Growing up I had various pictures of Marilyn Monroe on my walls, and watched her films time and time again. She oozed a fantastic femininity, was curvy and sexy, and was a real woman. I was, and am, a bit obsessed with her.

I love a gadget and I've got my dad to blame for that. When I was growing up, he always had the latest thing: cine-cameras, VHS players, enormous mobile phones. I've definitely inherited his gadget fiendness.

I am bad at doing nothing.

I do a really good crab linguine.

It amazes me how sometimes people can be so thoughtless when they come to give you their opinion, especially around Caesarean sections and breastfeeding.

My happy place is having a Saturday morning while everybody else is just mooching about and I'll do a big old batch cook and have music on in the kitchen.

I stopped breathing when I was a baby. I had a seizure because I was severely epileptic and my grandad had to hang me upside down and give me the kiss of life.

I'm a human emoji.

I go through spurts of watching 'EastEnders,' feeling depressed and vowing never to watch it ever again.

I went to my first live concert when I was seven, with my mum Eleanor, a staunch Rod Stewart fan. I've never looked back.

I experimented as a teen, and had some hellish hairstyles - way too many perms and cheap hairspray!

I've met Prince Charles and Prince Philip.

Combining a live event with the option of streaming means that everyone can enjoy the beauty, emotion and exuberance of watching their favourite artist play live.

Christine Boar, who gave me my first screen test at MTV, saw something in me others hadn't. She liked my accent and didn't ask me to change it.

Radio was always a doorway to something for me growing up.