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 seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly.

No stranger ever comes up and talks to me. I'm the invisible woman.

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.

[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 a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.