Gary Kemp quotes

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star. (Gary Kemp)
I am a metrosexual and into male grooming - I moisturise, I exfoliate. View quote
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie. View quote
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country. View quote
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Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas. View quote
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I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people. View quote
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My instinct is to be very controlling. View quote
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. View quote
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Your life is the same wherever you go. View quote
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For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That's all I did. I had no other social life. I don't want my life to be like that now. I've spent the past 10 years having a real life as well. But Spandau Ballet is such a difficult shadow to outrun. View quote
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I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all. (Gary Kemp)
The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted. View quote
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I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful. View quote
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Pop music should be about young people. View quote
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Maybe I've got to admit that what I did here was enough. I can make some more films. Maybe I'll direct a film. Maybe I'll have my musical put on stage. But nothing, really, to be absolutely honest, competes with making a very successful pop band for 10 years of my life. View quote
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I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row. View quote
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I detest that saying Everything happens for a reason; its nonsense. View quote
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I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with. View quote
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly. View quote
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Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music had become very staid and it was about the playing and people obsessed. Eric Clapton was God and we needed an enema within the art form, and punk did do that. View quote
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I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors. (Gary Kemp)
We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me. View quote
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It's a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing - in art, in pop - we'll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about it. View quote
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I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.' View quote
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I love England. I don't really like places when they're too hot. It's my Celtic blood. View quote
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Gary Kemp

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Photo: Andrew D Hurley, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: British Musician
Born: October 16, 1959
Quotes count: 26