There's a lot of rage you have to express it somehow. If I didn't express it in song, I'd become incredibly violent.

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

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.

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.

I've tended to avoid meeting my heroes. They aren't necessarily the nicest people anyway. The exception was George Harrison, one of the loveliest men I've ever met. He lent me his home studio to make Hormonally Yours.

Most of my life I've had long periods of feeling down and lost. That's why every five years or so I've smashed my life to pieces and started again.

I've always been an outsider; a displaced person.