We didn't know it was going to be a career - it was just a lot of fun. We were known as the bimbo band and never expected to last.
— Keren Woodward
We lived at the Sex Pistols' house because we were asked to vacate our room at the YWCA for 'keeping late hours.'
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.
You can be normal if you choose to be.
There are more important things in life than being thin, anyway men prefer women with a bit of meat.
We had to pose with towels wrapped around us, holding rubber rings, that sort of thing. The turning point came when a photographer asked us to get on a fur rug and crawl like cats. We said no, because it was sexist and disrespectful.
Most of the people we worked with were men. And the women were secretaries.
I might have been told to put a comb through my hair once or twice - by my mother!
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.
I've got greasy hair, what can I say?
A lot of my family were teachers, so that's what I always thought I'd end up being.
We got a gay following around the time we started using camp dancers who were stripped to the waist in cycling shorts and aviators.
The record label used to try and make us do stuff, like dance, and we'd say, nah, not doing that.
I don't really get that, when groups tour together or even do anything together when they hate each other.
How we looked on TV was exactly how we looked during the day.
It's not like we don't have any talent. We can't sing like Whitney Houston, but we can sing well.
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.
I think we've got the tracks that everyone wants to sing along to. A lot of people say, ‘God, I've forgotten you've had so many hits!'
It's a real shame if people feel they have to do anything that makes them uncomfortable to be successful.
When we first were working, we had no money. We were all sharing this ghastly flat and we had nothing.
We were approached to do the story of Bananarama as a film.
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.
That's what friendships are, isn't it? You don't all have to be the same, as long as you've all got the same sense of humor and same attitudes on life.
Being paid to travel the world with your best mates, you really can't complain.
I've never been on a diet that lasted more than a day.
Women shouldn't have to apologise for their age or growing old. It is just inevitable.
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.
It's really odd, but whatever we do and whatever style we might tackle, we always sound like us.
I think it was about 1990 when we first wore heels to perform.
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.
I just felt very young and unprepared. I didn't know anyone who'd been pregnant, and I didn't know anyone who'd had a baby. Because everyone around me didn't really get it, I just kept on as though nothing was happening, even though I was slightly scared and throwing up everywhere.
