Lily Allen
Lily Allen

But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I wasn't into anything at school. I used to get really embarrassed. I used to get asked to do performing things, and I'd go to all the rehearsals, and then I'd pretend to be ill on the day I had to actually perform. I was very unhappy at school.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I refuse to put make-up on just because the paparazzi are on my doorstep. I find it morally wrong.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I don't see myself as a role model; people should look to mothers and sisters as role models.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I never go out to be photographed, never. I go to events because they're fun.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

You have to be in love with yourself before anyone else can fall in love with you; to be happy with yourself.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I've always listened to music, since I was really, really young.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

Yeah, I was a florist. I went to floristry school.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I love MySpace; it's done an amazing job for me and it's been insane over the past couple of weeks, but I'm not a poster girl for them.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I hang out with models, the biggest pop stars and, you know, really and honestly, I hate saying this, but none of them are achieving those body shapes by being healthy.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

My success was pretty overnight.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

As a woman and as a mother, as a young mother, I felt guilty about being successful.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I grew up in celebrity world, so I know what famous people are like, and I've never looked up to them in that way.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

A lot of my honesty, and wanting to be as authentic as possible, came from coming out of bands like S Club 7 - things that felt glossy, you know? And with the rise of social media, there was an initial backlash against that glossiness, too. And then, I don't know, somehow it managed to get lost again.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

In an ideal world, the 'Daily Mail' would write about what a brilliant mother I am. But it's not going to happen.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

I was guilty of appropriating when I did a video called 'Hard Out Here.' I was guilty of assuming that there was a one-size-fits-all where feminism is concerned.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

With the first two albums and with my social media, I've always been very open about who I am.

Lily Allen
Lily Allen

My whole childhood, I'd been dreaming of this two-point-four children, living in the country - everything was just going to fall into place, and I'd be this perfect mum. And it didn't happen. I was very shocked and disappointed.