Top 35 Keren Woodward Quotes

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.

There are more important things in life than being thin, anyway men prefer women with a bit of meat.

I think it was about 1990 when we first wore heels to perform.

We got a gay following around the time we started using camp dancers who were stripped to the waist in cycling shorts and aviators.

The first time I got recognized in the Sates, it was by Mike Tyson. He sang ‘Cruel Summer’ at us as we were walking out of the hotel to go to the beach.

I’m actually quite proud of the fact that we made a success of ourselves in a donkey jacket and DMs, without any thought to sexualising what we were doing.

We did 10 years of working and travelling constantly, and we were just knackered. I thought: ‘I’ve got to take a break.’ I felt like I was going mad. I decided to move to Cornwall.

We didn’t want to be famous. We just loved the music and excitement.

We never realized how much of an influence we had.

Finding out I was expecting a child was highly inconvenient for doing all the promotion for ‘Venus.’

I definitely think we paved the way for other girl groups. We did it very much on our own terms without kowtowing to all the men in the business or being told what to do by anyone. For that we feel very proud.

We lived at the Sex Pistols’ house because we were asked to vacate our room at the YWCA for ‘keeping late hours.’

I’ve got greasy hair, what can I say?

When you’ve known someone for so long you never lose that friendship.

We never came into the business with a plan beyond the next three months. It’s all been a natural thing for us to go off and travel and then maybe record an album.

I just felt very young and unprepared. I didn’t know anyone who’d been pregnant, and I didn’t know anyone who’d had a baby. Because everyone around me didn’t really get it, I just kept on as though nothing was happening, even though I was slightly scared and throwing up everywhere.

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.

That’s what friendships are, isn’t it? You don’t all have to be the same, as long as you’ve all got the same sense of humor and same attitudes on life.

It’s a real shame if people feel they have to do anything that makes them uncomfortable to be successful.

There is nothing worse than a spoilt brat.

The band is our whole lives and we are completely dedicated, but if you get too serious you’ll have a lot of problems and if you don’t enjoy what you are doing you shouldn’t be doing it.

Being paid to travel the world with your best mates, you really can’t complain.

People thought we were intimidating, especially once we’d had a few drinks, but when I look back we were virtually on top of each other, holding hands. We sounded so stupid.

We’ve never been good at long-term plans.

My dad was fine, but I have to say my mum was upset when I said I was leaving home.

It never worked having a management style where someone would try to tell us what to do. It’s never been the sort of group that we are.

We didn’t know it was going to be a career – it was just a lot of fun. We were known as the bimbo band and never expected to last.

I guess that people can’t imagine three girls just getting up off the streets and making a career for themselves without someone to help them – which is what we did.

When we first were working, we had no money. We were all sharing this ghastly flat and we had nothing.

If people want to compare us to the Shangri-Las, then that’s all well and good. But those groups were put together. They were told what to sing, dressed up, neatly packaged. We’re like the ’80s version in that we’re more outgoing, more involved in it.

You can be normal if you choose to be.

It’s really odd, but whatever we do and whatever style we might tackle, we always sound like us.

Women shouldn’t have to apologise for their age or growing old. It is just inevitable.

I’d hate to be too grown-up. That would be dull.

Radio in the U.K. is so formulaic. You’ve got commercial stations who play the same 20 songs all day.