Bananarama Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Being paid to travel the world with your best mates, you really can't complain.
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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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I never belonged anywhere. I just felt like a creature from another planet.
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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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It's really odd, but whatever we do and whatever style we might tackle, we always sound like us.
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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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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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I find it really irritating when a band changes the melody of a song you know.
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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 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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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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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'm not worried about wrinkles on my cheeks, or going grey. I'm not trying to be 20.
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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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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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You put something you like on really loud, and you feel godlike.
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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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We want people to enjoy our music.
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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.
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I've got greasy hair, what can I say?