“Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.”

“Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press.”