Geri Horner thinks fame has its "advantages", but is "quite empty".
Geri Horner
The 44-year-old singer - who was known as Ginger Spice in the girl band Spice Girls - has admitted she had a "childish perception" of the celebrity industry when she was younger, but now she has become a recognised star she has found the industry is not all it lived up to, and was just a means for her to promote her projects.
Speaking to Metro newspaper, the flame-haired beauty said: "When we're young we all have a childish perception of how something will be. It's like 'The Wizard of Oz' - you pull the curtain back and realise it's just a bloke with a megaphone. Our value systems change.
"what does fame mean? It means recognition and validation. It has its advantages but it's quite empty if that's what your self-worth depends on. It gives you a way to connect with people but it's just a vehicle for me to share my music with people. "
Although the 'Angels in Chains' hitmaker has been out of the music business for a while, she believes her life has come "full circle".
She explained: "I just love being creative. I love writing. I think I lost touch with that slightly over my career but I've come full circle."