Top 22 Alice Levine Quotes

Mum was ahead of the curve with healthy lunchboxes with grapes in sandwiches. There was always an apricot, raisins and pieces of apple.

I never stop getting nervous. I’m nervous before every single show.

I won a competition in primary school for my painting of Nottingham’s Goose Fair; it was a riot of colour with glitter and sequins.

But I think if you do have a job that has quite a few elements to it, then it does mean you get to flex different muscles and different parts of your brain, which I do like.

I have a house full of dead succulents but I was very attentive.

I’m not a journalist or a politician or an activist.

I think your musical tastes are largely shaped at a young age by your parents, as they’re in charge of what’s on in the car.

Well I guess I always look at other people who have maybe more traditional jobs and I think gosh their weeks are so much more stressful and busy than mine.

Even if you don’t think you filter your life on social media, by its very nature you’re only showing part of yourself.

I tend to do stuff that is in some way tongue in cheek or humorous or has a kind of wry side to it.

I’m scared of having a messy end, but not dying itself. It’s inevitable.

Our food style is no fuss – no jus or froth – hearty food like your mum might cook for you, and seasonal.

Grottaglie itself is really famous for its figurative and ‘splatter’ paint ceramics – the figurative motifs are absolutely beautiful and the workshops in the town produce them all by hand so each design is unique.

When I moved to London I couldn’t afford to rent anywhere. So I housesat for a friend of my mum and dad’s – and had to look after her sickly cat. That was the only way I could survive on a meagre intern wage.

My boyfriend’s a real chef, so I steer clear of him when I’m in the kitchen – I wouldn’t like him to catch me chopping an onion.

I always feel with a vintage shop they’ve picked the best bits to show you whereas with charity shops you can find a real gem. My mum is amazing at it, she has hawk eyes, so I go with her and follow her lead!

I sometimes stop and wonder if I have a superhumanly high pain threshold and I just don’t know it… But then I stub my toe and think probably not.

Then I met people at school who were into Erykah Badu and Snoop Dogg. I like heaps of different music, but that was a real pivotal time in terms of finding my way.

I quite like the element of charity shops not being sorted out.

Student TV and radio are great grounding for all presenting. Just to get used to coming up with an idea, making it and getting it out there, I think that’s a really good pattern and a good habit to get into.

Do I post pictures of my overflowing laundry basket or the dirty dishes by the sink? No, I’ll probably post a pic of the finished meal looking pretty. We’re all skewed in what we show.

My brother Max is three and half years younger than me but more of a fussy eater.