17 Gary Kemp Quotes for You to Enjoy

Gary Kemp

British Musician

Born: Oct 16, 1959

Band Good Life Me People Think

Related authors: Brian Eno Cat Stevens Freddie Mercury George Harrison George Michael Jimmy Page Robert Plant Sting

My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player. Gary Kemp

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. Gary Kemp

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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. Gary Kemp

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I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors. Gary Kemp

Musicians Thought Always Wanted Pop Actor

I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all. Gary Kemp

Atheist Believe

My father had inklings of my cultural aspirations. He would take me to the library, things like that. But he wasn't one of those dads who had read George Orwell and was a member of the Communist party. We had no books at home. Gary Kemp

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It's always an honour doing anything for your country. Gary Kemp

Country Honour Always Doing Anything Your

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. Gary Kemp

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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before. Gary Kemp

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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. Gary Kemp

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I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row. Gary Kemp

Suits Made High Am Aesthetic Person Holds Who Row

I am a metrosexual and into male grooming - I moisturise, I exfoliate. Gary Kemp

Am Male Grooming

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. Gary Kemp

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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

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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. Gary Kemp

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The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted. Gary Kemp

People Thought Tempted Tour Like Going Just Certainly Appalling

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