If you get up every morning and smile, it's a good place to be.

- Nicki Chapman

People think I get this free wardrobe but, sadly, that's not the case. I sometimes sell my unwanted clothes and shoes at car-boots so I can buy more …

- Nicki Chapman

Thirty-nine was the best year of my life earnings-wise. I paid off my mortgage and felt a massive sense of achievement.

- Nicki Chapman

I applied for three jobs in record companies and was offered all of them. I took the most glamorous-sounding job in the promotions department and it …

- Nicki Chapman

While waiting for my visa, I got a job in the music industry, which was so exciting, it changed my life and stopped me moving.

- Nicki Chapman

When I bought my first house in London with my husband-to-be, our surveyor said: "Nicki, you're paying top dollar, but it's not an investment," and I…

- Nicki Chapman

My parents explained: "You can either have a big Christmas and birthday present or we'll go abroad." We'd say: "Let's go abroad!" We had a lovely chi…

- Nicki Chapman

My first part-time job gave me the smell of earning money when I worked in a village chemist aged 14. I loved helping the pharmacist with prescriptio…

- Nicki Chapman

I think Amy is a really difficult example. With any artist, none of us understands what it's like having the world's media scrutinising everything yo…

- Nicki Chapman