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We lived at the Sex Pistols' house because we were asked to vacate our room at the YWCA for 'keeping late hours.'
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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I'm not worried about wrinkles on my cheeks, or going grey. I'm not trying to be 20.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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After a few years, we realized that you did have to put some work into it. That's why the bimbo comments make me angry. After seven years, people have to realize we have a certain amount of talent.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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You can be normal if you choose to be.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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We wouldn't ever sit down and pretend that our friendship didn't fall apart back in the late ‘80s. It wasn't like there was a massive bust-up. We just drifted apart.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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I'd hate to be too grown-up. That would be dull.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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When we go out, we do enjoy ourselves. We don't worry about whether or not people will recognize us.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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I don't know how to write or to be anything other than Bananarama-ish because that's who we are.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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I don't really get that, when groups tour together or even do anything together when they hate each other.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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If we'd had a Svengali manager and done what we would have been told, maybe we would have had a bigger, more hugely successful career.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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It's not like we don't have any talent. We can't sing like Whitney Houston, but we can sing well.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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A lot of my family were teachers, so that's what I always thought I'd end up being.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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We have never wrapped ourselves up in our own world thinking we are the only people who know what is doing. We listen to other things and see what we would like and what would suit us.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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I've never been on a diet that lasted more than a day.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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I definitely think we paved the way for other girl groups. We did it very much on our own terms without kowtowing to all the men in the business or being told what to do by anyone. For that we feel very proud.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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We spent a couple of years trying to be what we thought people wanted us to be, what the press thought we should be, doing what the company wanted. Finally we just said 'Sod it. This is what we do best. We're best at making pop records that people enjoy and having fun and entertaining them.'
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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Thank god magazines like 'Heat' weren't around in our day. The thought of someone catching you unawares on a beach and publishing photos of your cellulite… it's so hurtful, causes so many problems.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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Being paid to travel the world with your best mates, you really can't complain.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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We've always written from personal experiences.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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We never realized how much of an influence we had.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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It's really odd, but whatever we do and whatever style we might tackle, we always sound like us.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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We want people to enjoy our music.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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It never worked having a management style where someone would try to tell us what to do. It's never been the sort of group that we are.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
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That's what friendships are, isn't it? You don't all have to be the same, as long as you've all got the same sense of humor and same attitudes on life.
Keren Woodward Bananarama
