Bananarama Quotes
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I find it really irritating when a band changes the melody of a song you know.
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We were always around music and we were lucky to be in the right place at the right time, knowing the right friends.
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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'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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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 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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Most of the people we worked with were men. And the women were secretaries.
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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.
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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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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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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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We lived at the Sex Pistols' house because we were asked to vacate our room at the YWCA for 'keeping late hours.'
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You can be normal if you choose to be.
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I consider the Stooges to be pop music.
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If you're a musician and an artist, you don't just stop.
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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.
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A lot of my family were teachers, so that's what I always thought I'd end up being.
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When we go out, we do enjoy ourselves. We don't worry about whether or not people will recognize us.
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It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.
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We've always written from personal experiences.
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I might have been told to put a comb through my hair once or twice - by my mother!
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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.
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I'm not worried about wrinkles on my cheeks, or going grey. I'm not trying to be 20.