Quotes

"My mother saw him on telly and said: "He looks so much like your father!" So now I think I'm Pete's secret love child!" (Speaking about her fellow judge on Pop Idol: The Rivals, Pete Waterman.)

[on stage, in tribute to the death of Princess Diana] She had girl power, which is what we're about.

[2001] I wish I didn't smoke. I try to quit, but it's just too hard. Other than that, no, I don't have any regrets.

[on the documentary film "There's Something About Geri"] I shouldn't have done it! Even thinking about it makes me cringe!

For me, feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous... We need to see a celebration of our femininity and softness.

The women [The Sugar Lumps from the second "Who Do You Think You Are" video] were all really warm and funny and nice. The freakiest thing about it was seeing Jennifer Saunders. She looked just like me and everyone said they thought she was me. It was absolutely bizarre - the make-up, everything. It was scary - like, do I really do that?

[asked to define girl power in 1997] When you reply to wolf whistles by shouting 'Get your arse out'.

He said "Yeah, but I can do that." That says it all.