Top 50 Miquita Oliver Quotes

If you weren’t nervous, you wouldn’t have such a good time knowing that you did a good job.

I’ve always been very honest about the fact my weight goes up and down, but I think that’s the same for a lot of people.

When you skip to a beat, it is a much more pleasurable way to stay active. It becomes a mixture of dance and skip.

When I turned 30, six years ago, I decided to run the London Marathon and I did not even really train. I thought that it was not even that difficult. I completed it in 5hr 15min, I could have got closer to 4hr 30min if I had trained properly.

I find real strength in Drake and I think it’s because he’s so gentle and confident in his delivery. It’s like, he’s not panicking and overselling himself or trying to lie.

It is so important to be active when you are young, and I think it would have helped me tenfold if, alongside ‘Popworld,’ school, T4, Radio One and all those other things I was doing, that I had played a bit of sport at the weekends with my friends.

I like listening to reggae, hip hop, ragga and R&B when I am skipping.

At 17 I was earning money I didn’t know how to handle and before I knew it I owed thousands to the taxman.

We didn’t really like each other, Simon and I, because we didn’t understand each other. We’re very, very, very different people from very different lives.

I started ‘Popworld’ at the age of 16 so for me it’s a bit like leaving school.

I was only 15 when ‘Popworld’ started. We had no money, no budget, no one knew who we were – they just wanted a nice pop show.

I started listening to old music that represented Mum and us living in west London when I was younger, and delved deep: SWV, Soul II Soul, Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest, Young Disciples, D’Angelo and lots of Wu Tang Clan.

Growing up, I saw Mum as being so celebratory of our culture. So I was surprised to hear – during discussions sparked by the Black Lives Matter protests – about the racism she experienced growing up, and the shame she once felt about being black.

The interview with Busted changed everything – it was just so funny, and we were all on set and they couldn’t stop laughing. And I remember thinking, ‘We’re onto something.’

I cannot express how much music got me through lockdown. I re-discovered Roberta Flack, Smokey Robinson, and Aretha Franklin.

Me and my nan dress exactly the same.

I’ve always wanted to live really high up, and this is the only flat in the building with a balcony, so I feel quite smug up here.

Simon has always said we’re a chat show pretending to be a music show.

When I was 15 I went to live with my aunt and uncle instead of my mum, for money reasons. It was a huge shock to my system, suddenly living with six people rather than one. Hopefully it changed me for the better.

I couldn’t think of anything worse than getting naked in front of the entire world, it must take a lot of confidence to do it.

When I’m interviewing people, the way I bond with them is by encouraging them to complain about how hard their day is.

I love looking back on it because it wasn’t just ‘Popworld’ – it was my life.

Any nature documentary or TV show will always make you start thinking differently about what surrounds us and how to take care of it.

I’m proud of how long we did it for, I’m proud that we left when we did, I’m proud of everything about ‘Popworld.’

At the interview, they asked me what music I liked and what I thought of Britney Spears. I said she was an idiot. Then they said I’d got the job. I was absolutely terrified.

My dad is white, he’s an art history teacher, he’s very traditional.

I was once given a huge LG TV, which was the size of a house… all because I went to a party!

When I turned 21, I really wanted to go to uni, and then I thought about it and realized all I wanted was the experience. All the stuff you do in uni, I did in London, which is hang out and party with friends – but instead of getting up and going to lessons, I got up and went to work.

It was rough having my body develop, fluctuate and become fleshier in front of the ‘Popworld’ cameras.

I’m used to presenting programs about pop music, interviewing pop stars, and hosting awards.

It’s weird being mixed race, people never talk about the white side, they always talk about the black side.

I did Justin Timberlake when I was 18 and I was so nervous I couldn’t breathe properly. It was the first time I’d done an interview where I realized the scariest bit is the part before.

I cry at the drop of a hat.

I went bankrupt and then I didn’t tell anyone.

I’ve received some very creepy letters, from some very creepy men.

I’ve been going around London obsessing about people’s gardens; I take pictures on my BlackBerry.

It sucks if you’re having a fat day and you still have to go on TV.

It’s quite interesting to hear the different ways boys and girls talk about sex, because they’re not so different at all.

Me and most of my girlfriends have said that we would never have a boob job, but we all said that we might have a boob lift. That doesn’t sound so surgical, does it?

We grew up in west London, everyone was poor, and we bought our clothes from charity shops or from Portobello.

The thing about ‘Popworld’ is it became such a luxury to be doing this great show every week, and to have people stop you in the street and say it’s good.

I was in a tsunami with Simon Amstell.

JLS got the biggest reception at T4 On The Beach – it was like whoa, OK!

I interviewed Michael Caine the other day for a film about him being a magician and we did it in – and by the way, this place does exist – the Ministry of Magic in Marylebone. I know, it’s ludicrous!

That the word ‘sustainable’ can be a bit intimidating, but it’s just about keeping an eye on your daily decisions.

I’m not a huge fan of Britney Spears’ music but I very much understand her relevance.

Fashion shows scare me, and I’ve always been a bit more of a scruffbag. I’m not really put together like that.

I don’t think I’ll ever shop on the high street in the same way again. It just doesn’t have the same excitement for me.

When I was declared bankrupt it felt like I was in a financial mess I would never get out of.

I think I’m just realizing what a huge luxury it is to be able to do whatever we want on television.