Will Young
Will Young
William Robert "Will" Youngis an English singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the worldwide Idol franchise. His double A-sided debut single "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" was released two weeks after the show's finale and became the fastest-selling debut single in the UK. Young also came in fifth place in World Idol performing his single "Light My Fire"...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth20 January 1979
CityWokingham, England
I think in some ways - only in some ways - but in some ways, rock and roll has let me down. It really doesn't leave you a way to grow old gracefully and continue to work.
I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.
I don't like the American media - particularly Fox.
This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.
Crazy friends provide for crazy times, and such crazy times we're had.
Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them.
I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.
It's stupid to expect perfection from bands because afterall they're just human beings.
I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say.
With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing.
I like it if people enjoy what I'm doing, but if they don't, I also like it. I sometimes really like aggravating people with what I do. I think it's good for them.
There's a lot of frustration in trying to get music out when you're the only one who hears it, especially if you have something in your head that's not normal.
Listen to your own voice. Don't listen to someone else's. To me the way to live is to always move forward - to keep searching for whatever it is that interests you.