Bananarama Quotes
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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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When we first were working, we had no money. We were all sharing this ghastly flat and we had nothing.
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Back in the day we didn't really have time to be a live act because we were always on TV or doing live interviews. We were being flown all over the world.
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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're best at doing pop music - we're not good at doing down, depressing music.
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When you've known someone for so long you never lose that friendship.
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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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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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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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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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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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Women shouldn't have to apologise for their age or growing old. It is just inevitable.
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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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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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I never belonged anywhere. I just felt like a creature from another planet.
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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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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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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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When do you know you're insane? And when do you known you're sane? I think I treat a fine line between the two. It's a battle to function, but somehow I manage.
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I really, really love music. I'm affected by it and uplifted by it, and made to laugh and cry, and almost fall in love with the person who has made me feel so brilliant and communicated so profoundly to me.
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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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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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Radio in the U.K. is so formulaic. You've got commercial stations who play the same 20 songs all day.