Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williamsis an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995 and again from 2009 to 2012. He has also had commercial success as a solo artist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth13 February 1974
CityStoke-on-Trent, England
school
I'm not educated. I left school when I was 16, with no qualifications.
Perhaps I'm absolutely bonkers and don't know it. Perhaps I'm psychotically mental.
people
People say you've got to be OK with your own company, but tell me why?
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There is a history of gay people pretending to be straight. I want to balance the sides. I'm a straight person pretending to be gay. I've had a lot of people to imitate. It's easy when you're British; we're camp by nature, anyway.
business constantly received
I'm constantly doing new stuff, and I want it to be received really well. Who knows what's ego, what's business, what's artistic. It all shifts on a day-to-day basis.
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I can't complain about the support I've been given over the years, but I don't like it slipping away. Nobody says 'I'd like to be a bit less successful next year, please'. Nobody on the planet wants that, and I certainly don't.
aim asked came conclusion considered indeed looked success
I've been asked many times if I considered myself a narcissist, so I looked up the real meaning of the word, and I came to the conclusion that indeed I am one. I think of myself as better than other people, not every person, but many, unique and talented, and I aim to success.
boy brand brother door friend next older people uncle whatever
I think that, to a lot of people, they don't like my brand of whatever I do. And I think that people - the ones that like me, at least - see me as their brother or their older uncle or their friend or their next door neighbour. I am the quintessential boy next door; I feel that way.
awful feelings left school
I don't know about an awful lot of stuff. I'm not educated. I left school when I was 16, with no qualifications. The thing that I do know about is my feelings and what I think of the world and what I think of me.
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Everybody who's anybody has been competitive and over-sensitive and a bit silly. Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase.
absolute life lovely met private time
She's done nothing wrong. What she does in her private life should be her private life. She is an absolute icon; she's beautiful. Every time I have met her she has been really lovely to me.
act however pop
Sexually, you can do what you want, act out however you want to. It's allowed, I'm a pop star. But it's soulless.
single
My self-doubts are disappearing day by day... However, my first single was a cover.
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On Geri Halliwell: She turned into a demonic little girl. It was genuinely scaring me.