A biography for Keren Woodwardhasn’t been written yet.
“We've never been good at long-term plans.”
“Pop music is a constant reminder of what you were doing at the time, it holds all sorts of memories.”
“I think it was about 1990 when we first wore heels to perform.”
“We've sung to prerecorded tracks and things like that, but we've never done a proper world tour with a band and everything.”
“We wouldn't ever sit down and pretend that our friendship didn't fall apart back in the late '80s. It wasn't like there was a massive bust-up. We just drifted apart.”
“The group has always been based on friendship and a certain attitude.”
“The perfect pop song is about creating a memory.”
“I'd hate to be too grown-up. That would be dull.”
“We were completely DIY and very opinionated. We weren't the type that sat back or do what we're told... We never listened to many people.”
“Everyone we knew was forming a band. Boy George, Wham! Sade. But it wasn't a big deal, they were our friends. It wasn't like we were hanging out with pop stars.”
“We were all friends who formed a band. We weren't auditioned or put together by a record label, management company or TV show.”
“The record label used to try and make us do stuff, like dance, and we'd say, nah, not doing that.”
“Back in the day we didn't really have time to be a live act because we were always on TV or doing live interviews. We were being flown all over the world.”
“We didn't want to be famous. We just loved the music and excitement.”
“Most of the people we worked with were men. And the women were secretaries.”
“When we go out, we do enjoy ourselves. We don't worry about whether or not people will recognize us.”
“I'm not worried about wrinkles on my cheeks, or going grey. I'm not trying to be 20.”
“We were very creative. There was nothing contrived about us. No one telling us what to do, what to wear, what to sing. We wrote our own material, chose our producers.”
“We had no money, and we had to go through 'punk' school. We ended up living in the rehearsal room that used to be the Sex Pistols rehearsal room at Malcolm McLaren's office. So we had this sort of interesting beginning.”
“How we looked on TV was exactly how we looked during the day.”