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.
ADAM ANTIt’s good to play 100 per cent live – no tricks, no samples, no messing about.
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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Let’s just say that back in the old days, sex was available every two feet. But I never made love to anybody that did not want me to.
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Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It’s a product of stress and in my case over-work.
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When I was sectioned for six months, that was one of the worst experiences of my life, not being able to go out and have freedom. Having experienced it, it’s almost inexplicably awful.
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An 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.
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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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I watched Picasso visit the Planet of the Apes, as the masters rot on walls and the angels eat the grapes.
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It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn’t pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years.
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I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.
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I want to do a make-up line for men.
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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.
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I loved being in a band.
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I always like to tell a story.
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I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?
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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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I’ve been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that’s the case, I should’ve come here in a space rocket.
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I think what’s going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat in London any day you want it.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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Maybe it won’t be cured, but you’ve got to take the medication you’re prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
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If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
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I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.
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I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing… getting back to reality.
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Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
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It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.
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