Quotes from Zoe Ball

A lot of men I have spoken to have said it's very confusing being a modern man. You want to be sensitive but also strong. You can't win. It's really hard trying to be both.

I think something that's really important to share, having spoken now to lots of people who work within mental health support networks or people trying to make a difference, is that there is hope. There is help available.

I think the ladette culture was a label thing, and it was the nineties and it was Britpop and it was quite wild.

I have worked for the BBC for a lot of my career and I kind of always did it for the love. People always go, 'Oooh, well that's nonsense,' but it isn't, I love my job, I love what I do.

Love fills your heart and breaks your heart; it's so unpredictable, you don't know where it's going to come from.

I remember cream cheese in celery, with a sprinkling of paprika, served at my dad and stepmum's 'soirees' in the 70s, where people danced to Slade in long tartan dresses. I'd go down and eat the cheese cubes left over from cheese and pineapple on sticks, because guests would only eat the pineapple.

I think it is only when you marry and become a parent that you begin to understand that life isn't always straightforward.

It is kind of a strange thing when you face things in your life, you know like addictions, that often you will find that you will deal with it a little bit but then you will slip back into old ways.

I only have vague memories of the Radio 1 days because it was quite a time.

My love for the Bee Gees and their disco vibes is huge.

Laura Marling is Joni Mitchell-level for me.

It's really important that we look after our libraries.

You know, I look at my kids or my friends and think 'I couldn't love you any more.' And then I do.