Bananarama Quotes
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We've always been do-it-yourself. In that we've had complete control.
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Finding out I was expecting a child was highly inconvenient for doing all the promotion for 'Venus.'
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I can't even compare ourselves with the Supremes. I adore the Supremes! I can't set myself up as comparison to people I'm in awe of.
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I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music... It's my fascination, my on-going passion.
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We never thought of ourselves as a girl band. We dressed like blokes.
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You'd better hope and pray That you make it safe Back to your own world You'd better hope and pray That you'll wake one day in your own world 'Cause when you sleep at night They don't hear your cries in your own world Only time will tell if you can break the spell Back in your own world.
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I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.
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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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Music bypasses the intellect, it makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you want to dance, makes you want to have sex.
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I guess that people can't imagine three girls just getting up off the streets and making a career for themselves without someone to help them - which is what we did.
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I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?
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We're best at doing pop music - we're not good at doing down, depressing music.
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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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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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When we first were working, we had no money. We were all sharing this ghastly flat and we had nothing.
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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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We were signed to a label that wanted us to remain little girls who appealed to other little girls, who were cute and non-threatening.
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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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You can be normal if you choose to be.
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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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Most of the people we worked with were men. And the women were secretaries.
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I'm absolutely obsessed with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Patti Smith, but I'm a massive pop fan. I love pop culture, It's a total reflection of the zeitgeist.
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If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you.
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The perfect pop song is about creating a memory.