Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almondis an English singer-songwriter and musician. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/new wave duo Soft Cell. He has also had a diverse career as a solo artist. His collaborations include a duet with Gene Pitney on the 1989 UK number one single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond has sold over 30 million records worldwide...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 July 1957
creativity made messiness
I made a creativity out of that messiness.
thinking rocks people
When people talk about gender-benders and bracket me with George, I always think I'm not like that. I had more of a rock edge, mixed with the 80s electro.
up-north scary magnet
I became the magnet for a lot of scary aggression. Cos it's scary Up North!
sea born magnet
If you were born by the sea, there's always a magnet that draws you back there.
song moving writing
I can imagine moving out to the seaside at some point. I like Brighton, my sister lives there. I'm a seaside boy and whenever I go there, I find myself writing songs about it.
cities soho london
On my Instagram, I'm always keeping a record of things being pulled down in Soho and shutters being closed. Every city - and London more than anywhere - has got to be a vibrant mix of all different things. We can't allow it to become a monoculture.
thinking rocks soho
Soho has got to be at its centre. It's got such a history for rock, pop, poetry, jazz, writers, all those things, and I think it should be valued as such, and protected as this centre for bohemia.
people harsh bits
Maybe I was a bit harsh on some people. But I was harshest on myself, really.
mortality
I'm always aware of mortality.
today way generations
A lot of youth today have become very narrow and conservative in a way, whereas we in the older generation are kind of living it.
rocks elements pops
I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and that's what I like.
book people soho
People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho.
song
That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
hands russia people
The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette and business things are done just simply by a shake of the hand and whether they like you or not.