Lily Allen quotes:

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

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

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.

When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in - that's when I realized I had a voice.

Perez Hilton is an irritating wasp in the beautiful rose garden that is my life.

I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.

I think as long as you're not being malicious and you're not hurting people then you should not be ashamed of what you do.

I was a drug dealer in Ibiza at 15. I did not excel in drug dealing - I was terrible at it. Golden rule with drug dealing - don't get too enthusiastic with your own merchandise.

Yes, I met Carl Barat [from Dirty Pretty Things] yesterday when I was at the POPWORLD TV show. He smiled at me and watched 5 minutes of my performance. I don't think I've said anything that bad about anyone, though, to be honest.

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.

I always wanted to do music but never really had the confidence to do it until my first manager George Lamb, who I met out in Ibiza, encouraged me.

You know what, my new mantra is this: ANT AND DEC. Ant and Dec. I might get their names tattooed on each wrist. Because they smile, and they never complain, and it seems to work for them and I wish I could be more like that.

I think of myself as quite a confused kind of person, because I think there's so many great things about the world, but there are so many awful things too. I feel very guilty a lot of the time about enjoying my life so much when there are people living in such misery.

I think people probably lie about not reading their own reviews. I don't think that's true - I've been to a lot of music festivals and hung out backstage, especially in the past couple of years, and I see all these bands reading about themselves in newspapers. So I don't think that's true.

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

Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.

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

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.

I think I'm like Marmite; you either love me or you hate me.

Do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful? 'Cause there's a hole where your soul should be, you're losing control of it, and it's really distasteful.

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.

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

As for drugs, it annoys me that people think it`s the worst thing in the world compared with, say, not paying your taxes. If you don`t pay tax, you may be stealing from someone who needs an operation. As for me and drugs or alcohol: No thanks, I`m abstaining for a while.

I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.

I like to be able to get up and go and buy a pint of milk without bumping into 20 people I know.

I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.

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.

All of my songs are about me and my experiences. They're very literal.

And I am a weapon of massive consumption And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function.

Being on the road, the Internet enables me to interact with people in some way. It's not so much interacting with my fans - it's about doing something with what I have. I have my camera and I have my computer, and if I have some spare time, rather than watching some mindless bullshit pop-idol program on TV, why not show people my pictures and try and discuss things that I feel are important?

Britney Spears is a legend

I am a weapon of massive consumption

I don't care what people think of me now, so why would I care when I'm dead?

I don't like being put in the same category as people because we have the same genitals and boobs. Nobody is going to write "Lily Allen vs. Ed Sheeran." It just doesn't happen.

I don't really like the way that journalism works in the UK anyway; it's all about getting the most shocking thing out of somebody and kind of twisting people's words, which isn't really journalism, as far as I'm concerned.

I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling?

I don't think men are the enemy. I think women are the enemy.

I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem. But we never hear that side of the story.

I like them old and rich.

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

I quite fancy Graham Coxon. I haven't met him yet, though. I'd like to.

I still think I'm fat. Right now I'm worrying about how I'm going to lose weight after the pregnancy. I feel like an elephant, but I do get the occasional sexy pregnant day where I think I look great.

I think people just probably don't want people to think that they're vain.

I think that education works up to a certain point... I think unless I wanted to be like a nurse, or a doctor, or something that required that kind of knowledge, then education is fine. But I didn't really know what I wanted to do, so I didn't see the point in spending seven more years of my life studying something.

I want to go to the gym every day, otherwise I feel really bad. I just want to get more toned and healthy.

If I could dance like the ladies can, it would have been my arse on your screens

If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood.

I'm a record collector. I'd spend all my pocket money on vinyl.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

I'm quite an opinionated person, but I'd never written a diary before. I quite like it!

I'm really convinced I`m not talented at all, and I'm sure that people are just about to figure that out.

In no way do I feel superior to anyone except paedophiles, rapists, murderers, etc.

I've actually broken up with boyfriends for inspiration.

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

Nobody says anything real today. Most of those girls have their songs written by other people. It annoys me, because 'eh oh eh oh ahh' is not a chorus

People in this day and age are still under the illusion that every woman who is successful must be being controlled by a man... I'm the boss.

People recognize me all the time now, and there's lots of autograph hunting and smiling. But then I get to play gigs, which are amazing. It's a good job.

Periods. We all get periods. Once a month, yeah. That's what the theory is

Staying in with you is better than sticking things up my nose

The Mail Online is like carbs - you know you shouldn't but you do. Probably two or three times a day

There's a certain amount of what I wear that I wear for irony.

We're in the age of the selfie. It's just encouraging vanity. It's not even representative of anything except how you want people to perceive you. Think of when people are partying and having fun. They're like, "Hey, look at us!" You're obviously not having that much fun because otherwise you wouldn't be stopping to document it. It's stupid.

When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true.

When I'm in New York my boyfriend buys me sneakers and vice versa.

Why is there even a conversation about feminism?

Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs.