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[00:00:00]The best thing I ever did was buy my dad, and he's still got it to this day, a Bang & Olufsen stereo.

[00:00:06]>> As soon as, you know, record deal came, it was like, right, Mercedes, right, Cosworth, 1.9, you know, all of these things.

[00:00:12]>> Well, I tried to buy an airplane, but the man wouldn't let us in. I did buy a speedboat, but I lost it. I don't know what became of it.

[00:00:19]>> No, the most extravagant thing I've ever bought was when Bananarama's Greatest Hits sold a million, I went and bought myself a diamond and emerald bracelet.

[00:00:28]>> [laughter] >> We were sensible.

[00:00:29]>> I think we were raised that way as well.

[00:00:32]We didn't We didn't grow up having. So, doing that, our big investment was being able to buy, you know, a new three-piece suite for your parents or something.

[00:00:40]Just just little things, buying our own big TV. In fact, we got custard in Brixton one summer. Driving through Brixton in my Nissan Micra, which is a car I learned to drive in, and I bought it off my driving instructor, but it wasn't big and posh enough. Like, Cookie Crew, look at you. You're like, thought you had a big car. You ain't got no money. You ain't got no money. You ain't got no money. You ain't got no money.

[00:00:56]People used to get it all the time, but we didn't care.