It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears.

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.

You put something you like on really loud, and you feel godlike.

[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 watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking.

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.

Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect.