Bananarama Quotes
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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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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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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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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 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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It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.
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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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I've got greasy hair, what can I say?
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Being paid to travel the world with your best mates, you really can't complain.
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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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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.'
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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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It's really odd, but whatever we do and whatever style we might tackle, we always sound like us.
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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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You put something you like on really loud, and you feel godlike.
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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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When we first were working, we had no money. We were all sharing this ghastly flat and we had nothing.
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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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My dad was fine, but I have to say my mum was upset when I said I was leaving home.
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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.
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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 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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I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas.
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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.