Top 106 Quotes & Sayings by Nadine Coyle - Page 2

I have nothing against getting married. It's a great thing.

Having your heart broken is like going through grief, it's really hard.

I do like to do mad stuff on occasions.

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.'

I have an animal phobia, especially ones I don't know.

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.

Some rules are stupid.

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.

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'm not a single mum, I am just a mum.

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 can't decide which way I talk. I really, honestly can't.

Writing was something that came easily to me and there's so many great producers who just teach you so much.

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.

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.

There was real camaraderie in Girls Aloud, the feeling of one for all, and all for one.

I like to swim. Love a swim, any time I can do that is a good thing.

My older sister has four kids and I honestly don't know how she does it.

It's amazing to me that songwriting is an actual job.

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 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!

Sexism definitely exists - you see that in all walks of life.

Ach, I've never been one for big declarations or releasing statements.

The press likes to create cat fights with girl bands.

I like England, but L.A.'s warmer.

I love doing things on stage with other people.

I was born and raised in Derry and I can't change the way I talk.

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.

Before I was in Girls Aloud, I wanted to be a nanny. But then Girls Aloud started and that ruined that dream!

I'm just not a huge romantic type and getting married is a hugely romantic gesture.

I like a guy who does a nine-to-five job.

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 am such an indoor person.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Lip balm can double up for taming the brows, too.

I have so many great friends, so many great memories, so many great pictures, so many great songs, so many great relationships with people. I definitely feel, for the last 15 years, that I spent my time very wisely. And that's a great thing to be able to look back at.

If something's not mean't for you, you won't get it, simple as that.

I don't feel like I have anything to prove, I'm not trying to be like 'this is me'. It's not anything like that, it's just fun songs, throwing my hair around.

'Insatiable', the album, was more of a project, really... it was more like a songwriting excursion and an exclusive deal that hadn't really ever been done that often before... me being like, 'ooh I'm an entrepreneur', rather than 'this is my singing career'.

I had been, like, 'I don't wanna be a singer anymore', so dramatic, but when I was recording with Brian Higgins I was like, oh my god I love this, I love these songs, I love what this is. And then we just kept on working and working until we got more songs.

I don't know. I'm really really really nervous.

I would never be into splitting up. I don't think we should ever break up, I really don't. I think we should allow each person to do things individually - go off and have a baby, lie on the beach, whatever - but still remain Girls Aloud.