Gary Kemp

“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.”

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

“I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.”

“Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after.”

“I certainly wasn't a fan of Thatcher's politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher came in the 1990s, and had no interest in politics. The Oasis, Britpop scene.”

“I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.'”

“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.”

“I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.”

“I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.”

“I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.”