Gary Kemp Quotes

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

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

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

I love my children unconditionally. ~ Gary Kemp

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

Do not dehumanize others. ~ Gary Kemp

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

Your life is the same wherever you go. ~ Gary Kemp

Road cycling, especially up mountains. It's the heady mixture of endorphins and aesthetics that I love. My wife does it too, and being with her in extreme but beautiful conditions adds to the experience and our relationship. ~ Gary Kemp

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

I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense. ~ Gary Kemp

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

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

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

I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with. ~ Gary Kemp

Why do I find it hard to write the next line? ~ Gary Kemp

We arrived and we thought, 'This is our time. This is our generation. We have a responsibility.' " @garyjkemp of Spandau Ballet in "Mad World: An Oral History of the New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s ~ Lori Majewski

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

Music gives voices to people struggling to come out of themselves. ~ Gary Kemp

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas. ~ Gary Kemp

The breakup of my first marriage was my first failure; I had to learn to accept that and support the people involved. The court case brought against me by three of the band was awful, but learning how to let it go, move on, and come back together as friends and creative partners was a life lesson above any other. ~ Gary Kemp

I love England. I don't really like places when they're too hot. It's my Celtic blood. ~ Gary Kemp

Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be - technically, emotionally, and physically - but I love it. ~ Gary Kemp

My instinct is to be very controlling. ~ Gary Kemp

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. ~ 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. ~ Gary Kemp

Love is family, support, priority, and understanding. ~ Gary Kemp

I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people. ~ Gary Kemp

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

My life is routine-obsessed. I'm OCD, and if I'm not at home, I always get up early and exercise. I don't crash and burn at night, not these days, so early-ish to bed. At home, I have three small boys who bring me down to earth with school runs and endless meals. ~ Gary Kemp

Don't give pain to others. ~ Gary Kemp

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. ~ Gary Kemp

Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh. ~ Gary Paulsen

Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion. ~ Gary Ross

Russia tried to introduce beer as kind of the new vodka - and it's working with younger people in major cities - but you can have ten shots of vodka and be perfectly okay. If I had ten beers, I would be liquidated. ~ Gary Shteyngart

They'll know we are transformed when our behavior truly changes. - James Stuart Bell ~ Gary Chapman

India may be the only country in the world that has been free of anti-Semitic prejudice throughout its history. ~ Gary Weiss

It's a great meeting place, community center, art gallery, singles bar, music venue. The record store really covers a lot of ground. ~ Gary Calamar

I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it. ~ Gary Allan

Dylan: Who's Jett?
Morgan: Senior, drummer from Stealth Shrine, sometimes they have lunch time concerts.
Dylan: You mean Gary? When did he start going by Jett?
Alaia: Idk but who wants to be a kick-ass rocker drummer named Gary? Jett suits him better anyway. Much hotter. ~ H.R. Willaston

Authentic power is a new potential of this expanded perceptual system that we are all being given as a gift. ~ Gary Zukav

Role-playing games are contests in which the players usually cooperate as a group to achieve a common goal rather than compete to eliminate one another from play ... Role games ... bring players together in a mutual effort ... ~ Gary Gygax

about four inches down, he suddenly came into a small chamber in the cool-damp sand and there lay eggs, many eggs, almost perfectly round eggs the size of table tennis balls, and he laughed then because he knew. It had been a turtle. ~ Gary Paulsen

We are evolving as one species - not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting forms of violence and destruction upon ourselves. This is our new reality. ~ Gary Zukav

There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all aimed at Gary Condit, besides the fact that he has a relationship. ~ Barbara Olson

How can I deal with annoying persons in a way that utterly crushes them without tarnishing my carefully developed reputation or extending my already lengthy prison sentence? ~ A.C. Kemp

What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you. ~ Gary Oldman

There is magic in knocking down your most important domino day after day. All you have to do is avoid breaking the chain, one day at a time, until you generate a powerful new habit in your life. ~ Gary W. Keller

The most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn't work. ~ Gary Paulsen

There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating. ~ Jack Kemp

You can't just repurpose old material created for one platform, throw it up on another one, and then be surprised when everyone yawns in your face. No one would ever think it was a good idea to use a print ad for a television commercial, or confuse a banner ad for a radio spot. Like their traditional media platform cousins, every social media platform has its own language. ~ Gary Vaynerchuk

What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage. ~ Gary Chapman

It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its relative 'share of customer value' in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value. ~ Gary Hamel

God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. - 2 Corinthians 9:8 ~ Gary Chapman

I don't consider myself to be definite, but in waiting position and eventual appearance ~ Romain Gary

I do not want God to give me what I want; I trust Him to give me what I need. The truth is, He is infinitely wiser than I am. If we always get what we ask for, I for one will cease to pray. ~ Gary Inrig

Your pain is an opportunity for you to learn about yourself. ~ Gary Zukav

There is nothing worse for a young convert than to be thrust into leadership without mentoring and ongoing coaching because the devil relishes these vulnerable souls. ~ Gary Rohrmayer

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete. ~ Jack Nicklaus

The point to keep in mind is that you don't lose fat because you cut calories; you lose fat because you cut out the foods that make you fat-the carbohydrates. ~ Gary Taubes

If people knew where the sounds in Jurassic Park came from, it'd be rated R! ~ Gary Rydstrom

No doubt, when your dog will be your best friend. Then she'd add, But never underestimate the power of purrs. ~ Gary Shiebler

I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she applies that faith. ~ Gary Bauer

Friends and flowers are two of God's most extravagant blessings. Nurture both. - Mimi Greenwood Knight - ~ Gary Chapman

Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade. ~ Gary Owen

I reveled in the smallness, the coziness of an upstairs bedroom in a traditional American Cape Cod house the half-floor that forces you to duck, to feel small and naive again, ready for anything, dying for love, your body a chimney filled with odd, black smoke. These square, squat, awkward rooms are like a fifty-square-foot paean to teenage-hood, to ripeness, to the first and last taste of youth. ~ Gary Shteyngart