Alison Moyet: Yaz, Alf & Other Three-Letter Words
Sylvie Simmons, Creem, September 1985
"BIG POP STAR." Alison Moyet stares into her tonic water; the ice obliges by cracking with emphasis. "It seems to have become quite an obsession lately with everybody that's interviewed me, my size. Things like, 'Did you ever feel you might not be able to cope because you're a Big Woman?' you know, that tends to get a bit aggravating."
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