Quotes from Rachel Stevens

I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans.

When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you ' really kind of cool you know.

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

I know it sounds a bit corny, but I do think that beauty and sexiness come from within.

Ideally, I would love to mix singing and acting, but you can only be a pop star for so many years. I mean, at 30 it's a little bit sad, right?

I never really hated any particular sport but out of all the sports, I used to prefer the team games to running and sprinting and those types of things.

I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.

I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.

I'm a cereal girl. I have always loved my cereal ever since I was a kid.

I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?

Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman.

I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.

A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle.

Just because you've been on stage doesn't mean you can dance.

It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.

I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.

I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.

I am quite a private person.

I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed.

I'm so programmed to getting up early that I like to make the most of the day.

In S Club I played a role in a band, but now I can go off and be me - My horizon's wide open now. It's scary and it's daunting, but it's an absolute thrill. I feel brand new!

I never really hated any particular sport but out of all the sports, I used to prefer the team games to running and sprinting and those types of things.

Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.

When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.