I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn’t talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.
ADAM ANTI feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
More Adam Ant Quotes
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Prison’s a walk in the park compared with being sectioned, mate, it really is.
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When they saw you kneeling, crying words you mean. Opening their eyeballs, eyeballs, pretending that your Al Green, Al Green.
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It’s good to play 100 per cent live – no tricks, no samples, no messing about.
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I’m blind without my glasses.
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I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there’s a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.
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Depression is something that doesn’t just go away. It’s just… there and you deal with it. It’s like… malaria or something.
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Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I’ve always played live.
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I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I’ve got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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An 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.
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All that matters is getting the songs played well, trying to get them to sound as close to the record live, which isn’t easy, because my music is quite complicated to play.
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There is always room at the top, don’t let them tell you there is not.
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It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.
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I’ve learned to really just say no. If I don’t want to do something, I won’t do it. There’s nothing that can make me do anything.
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People weren’t buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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