The brain isn’t like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.
ADAM ANTI 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.
More Adam Ant Quotes
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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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Mile high club, it’s got its ups and downs.
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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’ve never really been nervous about any concerts. I enjoy it so much.
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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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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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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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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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I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.
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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 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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An 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.
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There is always room at the top, don’t let them tell you there is not.
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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 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 want to do a make-up line for men.
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Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I’ve always played live.
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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’m blind without my glasses.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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Prison’s a walk in the park compared with being sectioned, mate, it really is.
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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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People tend to keep their distance.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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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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