Geri Halliwell famous quotes

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Truth #Who I Am #Warts

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Singers #Becoming #Intense

It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves. Don't take life too seriously.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Life #Laughing #Important

I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Years #Dresses #Roles

There's always going to be that pressure when you're in front of the camera. When you're famous it's just an extreme version of reality and there's a pressure to look a certain way.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Reality #Cameras #Looks

It's about labeling. For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous. I'd like to see it rebranded. We need to see a celebration of our femininity and softness.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Feminism #Needs #Burning

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Daughter #Mother #Responsibility

I obviously want to give a healthy body image to my own daughter. I think having good examples, eating properly, that's all one can do - and just be really loving around her. I've tried to give her confidence in who she is. I think she's all right in the confidence department.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Daughter #Mother #Thinking

It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Eye #Media #People

I've learnt that if I tell myself I'm not allowed something, I binge on it later. So if I want chocolate, I have chocolate. If I want biscuits, I have biscuits. I love cake. I just love cake.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Cake #Chocolate #Want

I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Careers #Long #Pits

'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Girl #Essence #Age

Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Mother #Want #Mum

I want to communicate through my music. If you want to know Geri Halliwell listen to my album: it tells you more about me than a documentary ever could.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Albums #Want #Documentaries

Id never choose to turn the clock back.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Clock #Turns

We hope for the future, then we reach for the past.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Past #Hope For The Future

Yes, Sept 11th was unfortunate
-- Geri Halliwell

#Funny #Unfortunate

Words are like butter Rolling off my lips Cut like a knife And now I'm sinking battleships
-- Geri Halliwell

#Cutting #Knives #Rolling

I've had singing lessons and plan to show off.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Singing #Lessons #Shows

Competition is for dogs and horses.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Dog #Horse #Competition

For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Feminism #Burning #Bras

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Growing Up #Trying #Fit

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Important #Taught #Learning From Others

I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows?
-- Geri Halliwell

#Wearing Black #Might #Sunglasses

I'm never getting too lonely because it's the kind of disease where you might sit in front of the TV with three bags of biscuits, rather than communicate with the world.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Lonely #Biscuits #Tvs

Lyrically I'm very ironic and silly, but I hope I'll touch your heart
-- Geri Halliwell

#Silly #Heart #Ironic

First my mother was Spanish. Then she became a Jehovahs Witness.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Mother #Jehovah #Firsts

I've got an image of me at the bottom of my garden sitting under my silver birch tree reading, while everyone else had gone somewhere exotic.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Reading #Garden #Tree

I've been all sorts of different shapes and sizes at different times in my life.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Different #Shapes #Size

I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Mother #Children #Thinking

For me, reading was always the great escape without getting your fingers burnt.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Reading #Fingers #Great Escape

Everyone has a mad half-hour once a month.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Mad #Half #Months

Being a celebrity, you can remain a child for ever, almost. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Children #Healthy #Get Away

A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Children #Thinking #Voice

We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Thinking #Obsession #Obsessed

There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Jealous #People #Want

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Believe #Mean #Thinking

I am absolutely blessed and I'm very grateful for where I am today.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Blessed #Grateful #Today

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Mean #People #Mean People

Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Mean #People #Individual

I have days of self-doubt, but I think the kindest thing I can do to myself is accept where my body is at.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Thinking #Self #Doubt

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Song #Fall #Dancer

I have the most ridiculous TV crush on Michael McIntyre. I fell in love watching him on 'Britain's Got Talent'.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Crush #Tvs #Ridiculous

I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Girl #Cutting #Clothes

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Issues #Body #Accepting

I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Tired #Littles #Century

I was so afraid of upsetting people, and not being liked for saying something that was not to everyone's taste.
-- Geri Halliwell

#People #Upset #Taste

I was a late starter on the romantic front. I didn't start dating until I was in my 30s.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Dating

I think I've really learned how important it is to empower women.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Thinking #Empowering #Important

I love being on the beach - it's my favourite place. I can chill out, read, listen to music, play with my daughter.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Daughter #Mother #Beach

I love Australian people.
-- Geri Halliwell

#People

I like doing accents. One of my friends works in hotel reservations and I'll ring her up and complain about the suite. Sometimes I get her.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Complaining #Sometimes #Accents

I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Trying #Exhausted #Props

I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example.
-- Geri Halliwell

#Example #Feels

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!
-- Geri Halliwell

#Umpires #Wells