We would love to have the same success as the Spice Girls. They really made it. They paved the way for girl groups and we'd love to think this is our time now.

I absolutely love my tattoos. The girls and I decided that the next time Girls Aloud have a No. 1, we'll all get one done. I want us to get something that only makes sense if we all stand in line, though!

I don't think I can have Sarah now. But the other girls, yeah, definitely.

I'm a '90s kid, so I loved 'NSync and the Spice Girls.

The past year [2004] has been the best ever. I feel like I've got a fairy godmother watching over me.

[She has a breezy self-confidence that comes from knowing her career is not dependent on fitting into a sample size. On the subject of Girls Aloud (who, she says,] were good role models before they got really skinny ... I'm like, love, you and me, singing competition, all right? That'd be brilliant. Geordie cow.