Fearne Cotton

“Parenting isn't how I imagined it.”

“Try to cultivate hope in whatever way you can, and don't think that's fanciful or some sort of ridiculous notion that has no place in the modern world.”

“I always let my hair air-dry at home otherwise it goes really flat and straight. I like It to be rough and messy.”

“A good massage is absolute heaven. I usually fall asleep on the massage table.”

“What I really like is almond butter. It's great.”

“I'm a trained dancer and been doing it since I was 5 so I'm pretty good at that.”

“I'm a very optimistic, happy-go-lucky person, but I definitely know what I want and I'd do anything to get to that point.”

“I do like rock music and yes I have tattoos but I'm not in a band and certainly don't lead a very rock and roll lifestyle.”

“A throat specialist put a camera down my nose, and there was a huge cyst on my vocal cords. They just weren't shutting; there was just loads of air going through this gap. I didn't feel particularly panicked or worried. I just thought, 'This is so curious, why has this ended up there?'”

“I love family life.”

“I remember calling my mum and saying: 'Mum, I've got some massive news for you! I'm taking over from Jo Whiley!' And she said: 'Oh that's nice. Well, me and Marian are just going to go to the garden centre.' My mum's more into Radio 4.”

“I sort of take multi-vitamins - my Mum's always asking if I'm taking them, because I'm vegetarian - but I forget and take them every few days, rather than every day.”

“We're all so obsessed with being the biggest, the best, the richest or whatever, that we're happy to trample over people to get there. A day of compulsory niceness could inspire people to take more notice of one another.”

“My mum taught me that you don't have to do things the 'normal' way. I wanted to be an actress and a dancer, and she was all for it. My dad is the practical one. He's just a very kind, rational man.”

“You cannot fix the bad boy. He'll just break your heart and you'll resent him forever. Trust me.”

“I always baked. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of baking with my nan who used to make jam tarts with me in her kitchen. And that sparked a love of baking at a young age.”

“Lying is not brilliant.”

“I loved having a bob it was really fun and easy and actually I felt much more comfortable doing red carpet events in a glam dress with a cool funky hair cut.”

“As a child, I never found it particularly difficult to talk to other kids or to adults, getting them to explicitly understand what I wanted or what I believed or what I wanted to have a conversation about.”

“I rarely have facials - maybe I'm not joking once a year - but I just like to look after my own skin and I'll maybe have a face mask in the bath once a month and if I have time treat myself like that.”