Keren Woodward Quotes
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I'm actually quite proud of the fact that we made a success of ourselves in a donkey jacket and DMs, without any thought to sexualising what we were doing.
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The perfect pop song is about creating a memory.
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We never thought of ourselves as a girl band. We dressed like blokes.
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People thought we were intimidating, especially once we'd had a few drinks, but when I look back we were virtually on top of each other, holding hands. We sounded so stupid.
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We used to do 'Venus' live for a long time but never got 'round to recording it because people would always say it's too old-fashioned a song.
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Women shouldn't have to apologise for their age or growing old. It is just inevitable.
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We were so young when we started, quite naive and shy - we kind of knew what we were doing but didn't because we hadn't been stage schooled.
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Most of the people we worked with were men. And the women were secretaries.
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Radio in the U.K. is so formulaic. You've got commercial stations who play the same 20 songs all day.
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I was very aware as a young mum that I had to be there and not go off the rails. I would go clubbing, then come home and make breakfast for the baby.
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I find it really irritating when a band changes the melody of a song you know.
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My dad was fine, but I have to say my mum was upset when I said I was leaving home.
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We did 10 years of working and travelling constantly, and we were just knackered. I thought: 'I've got to take a break.' I felt like I was going mad. I decided to move to Cornwall.
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We've sung to prerecorded tracks and things like that, but we've never done a proper world tour with a band and everything.
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I think it was about 1990 when we first wore heels to perform.
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We got a gay following around the time we started using camp dancers who were stripped to the waist in cycling shorts and aviators.
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It's a real shame if people feel they have to do anything that makes them uncomfortable to be successful.
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I just felt very young and unprepared. I didn't know anyone who'd been pregnant, and I didn't know anyone who'd had a baby. Because everyone around me didn't really get it, I just kept on as though nothing was happening, even though I was slightly scared and throwing up everywhere.
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The record label used to try and make us do stuff, like dance, and we'd say, nah, not doing that.
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I think we've got the tracks that everyone wants to sing along to. A lot of people say, ‘God, I've forgotten you've had so many hits!'
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I'm not worried about wrinkles on my cheeks, or going grey. I'm not trying to be 20.
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The first time I got recognized in the Sates, it was by Mike Tyson. He sang ‘Cruel Summer' at us as we were walking out of the hotel to go to the beach.
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I've got greasy hair, what can I say?
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I might have been told to put a comb through my hair once or twice - by my mother!