“I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.” ThinkingI CanSidesDadLikesShoppingMumBoth Sides Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“You have to apply yourself because you'll never get a better opportunity than the one you have right now. Having said that, people know by now if they like me or not. I don't need to prove anything.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsSaidOpportunityRight NowProveLike MeLike Me Or Not Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“Now when I say Sophie Ellis-Bextor I feel that's not really me because that's become this entity from doing the gigs and the shows and the make-up contracts and whatever else.” FeelsShowsContractsEntityGigsSophie Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.” FactsYoungMotherWeekTelevisionAwkwardFrustrating Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.” WorldChildrenOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.” HomeAbleWalksFancy Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.” MomentsSeemsOrderPayDisasterMortgageUnemployedRight Moment Author:Toby Young
“I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked about other people in psychological terms, so I picked up a lot of that.” PeopleFatherParentTermPsychologicalAnalysisShrinks Author:Toby Young
“I was once hired to write a column for 'The Guardian' and then got fired before I'd submitted my first one. That was unusual. Most newspapers wait until I've written at least one piece for them before firing me.” WritingFirstsWaitingPiecesWrittenNewspapersUnusualGuardianColumnsOne PieceFiring Author:Toby Young
“I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.” ThinkingReasonBodyHappensMotherChoicesAgreeCancerMedicalBreastsSurgeryBreast CancerCosmeticsVery SadCosmetic Surgery Author:Paloma Faith