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 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 like interior decoration, so I might do something in that. I might, at some point, take two years off to study interior decoration.
I've got on my Avon jewelry. I have my pink Avon bag. Not one thing on my face is non-Avon.
Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes.
I think reconceptualizing Microsoft as a devices and services company is absolutely what our vision is all about. Office 365 and Azure on the services side are representative of it.
If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game.
'Rent-a-tile' means when you go to a dance hall, some people take the middle of the dance floor and do their thing.
I know some very political people who rap, and they say very political things and they'll never get a deal.
When you go to a show on opening night, or even the second performance, it is at the very beginning of what it will become. By the end of this run, the show will actually be what it is intended to be.
I applied to a few conservatories. I was sure that I wouldn't get in, and I didn't plan to go to N.Y. But then I got into Juilliard.
Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.
I'm a big fan of skilled singers. Some of my favorites are Cee-Lo Green, Donny Hathaway, James Fauntleroy, and Kim Burrell.
The most important thing - and I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it a hundred times - if you marry a man, marry the right one.
I want to tell any young girl out there who's a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
I like a bit of eye candy like anyone but to have it solely about the eye candy and have it fall into a category so rigidly as well is wrong.
There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.
I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.
Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.
