Creative people are more prone to depression.
ADAM ANTAn 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.
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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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I loved being in a band.
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I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.
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Bad things happen sometimes.
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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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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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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 could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.
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To me, style is consistency.
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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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I want to do a make-up line for men.
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There is always room at the top, don’t let them tell you there is not.
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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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If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
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Cause people lose it, they lose it – they say: ‘I like that, and that’s not this.’
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
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Prison’s a walk in the park compared with being sectioned, mate, it really is.
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I’m a punk rocker. I don’t do Christian.
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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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People tend to keep their distance.
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I’m blind without my glasses.
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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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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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When 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.
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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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