Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press.
But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.
The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population.

