Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp
Gary James Kempis an English pop musician and actor who is the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s new wave band Spandau Ballet. His brother, Martin Kemp, plays bass guitar in the band. Gary Kemp also provided backing vocals on many of the tracks to lead singer Tony Hadley...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth16 October 1959
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I certainly wasn't a fan of Thatcher's politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher came in the 1990s, and had no interest in politics. The Oasis, Britpop scene.
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Pop music should be about young people.
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The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted.
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Music gives voices to people struggling to come out of themselves.
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I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.
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We monitor all of our burns in the park and have been working with Los Alamos National Lab to develop some projects cross-boundary, ... Fire has been here for thousands of years and there are many species ecologically dependent on fire. They have adapted to it and are dependent on it.
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We've had four-and-a-half inches of rain in that area since Sept. 15,
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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My father had inklings of my cultural aspirations. He would take me to the library, things like that. But he wasn't one of those dads who had read George Orwell and was a member of the Communist party. We had no books at home.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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It has been a terrible affair for ourselves and our families and one that I'm sure was obviously going to destroy any hope of us making music again.
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But when you're an actor, you're a very small part in a machine. They're not your words. It's almost like being a session musician.
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
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The breakup of my first marriage was my first failure; I had to learn to accept that and support the people involved. The court case brought against me by three of the band was awful, but learning how to let it go, move on, and come back together as friends and creative partners was a life lesson above any other.