Imelda May

Thrashing about on stage is my exercise for the day!

— Imelda May

I never co-write. I've tried it before, and I just can't do it.

— Imelda May

I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.

— Imelda May

I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.

— Imelda May

Oh my god, it's good to be alive!

— Imelda May

I'm not a feminist that hates men by any means.

— Imelda May

Music rules a lot of my life - I was bitten by the bug young.

— Imelda May

I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.

— Imelda May

I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.

— Imelda May

I wash my face and put moisturiser on; I've never had a facial, and I don't get my hair or my nails…

— Imelda May

Up-tempo or slow tempo, I don't feel that one is better than the other.

— Imelda May

I'm not filthy rich! I'm not as rich as people think. It's funny, isn't it?

— Imelda May

I couldn't think of anything worse than hating your own music and having to play it every night. It would be a…

— Imelda May

When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.

— Imelda May

There's no point in bringing together a talented band if you don't let them do their thing.

— Imelda May

I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.

— Imelda May

I love to have no plans. It is amazing where your day can turn when you have no plans: meeting people or…

— Imelda May

You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van,…

— Imelda May

I remember once doing a gig in Ireland, and there was a woman jumping around and screaming, 'I don't know what this…

— Imelda May

I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it…

— Imelda May

I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the…

— Imelda May

If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the…

— Imelda May

'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies - they said they didn't get…

— Imelda May

I would love to work with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, B.B. King. I'd love to do something with Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane,…

— Imelda May

I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy…

— Imelda May

I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he…

— Imelda May

In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of…

— Imelda May

I'd watch old movies with Judy Garland, Shirley Temple and Bette Davis and long to be part of that glamorous world. A…

— Imelda May

People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had Violet. She's number…

— Imelda May

One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local…

— Imelda May

At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One time, the teacher announced that we…

— Imelda May

I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn,…

— Imelda May

When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.

— Imelda May

I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play…

— Imelda May

I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.

— Imelda May

I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.

— Imelda May

I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.

— Imelda May

I had a big time punk-rock phase and psychobilly phase. I used to go mad for the Guana Batz.

— Imelda May

I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.

— Imelda May

Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly -…

— Imelda May