Creative people are more prone to depression.
ADAM ANTWhen you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don’t make any money, then you change things.
More Adam Ant Quotes
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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 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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The brain isn’t like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.
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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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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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I am quite an early riser – I usually get up between 5.30 and 6am and take the dogs out.
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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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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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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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I’m a punk rocker. I don’t do Christian.
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There is always room at the top, don’t let them tell you there is not.
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Antidepressants are very good, but it’s a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you’re in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.
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Bad things happen sometimes.
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Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
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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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