63 Quotes by Gary Kemp

I am a metrosexual and into male grooming – I moisturise, I exfoliate.

I’ve been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.

I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing – my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.

Don’t see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The ‘ghost’ is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I’m reading a lie.

For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That’s all I did. I had no other social life. I don’t want my life to be like that now. I’ve spent the past 10 years having a real life as well. But Spandau Ballet is such a difficult shadow to outrun.

I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn’t the easiest person to live with.

Maybe I’ve got to admit that what I did here was enough. I can make some more films. Maybe I’ll direct a film. Maybe I’ll have my musical put on stage. But nothing, really, to be absolutely honest, competes with making a very successful pop band for 10 years of my life.

The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I’m certainly not tempted.

Kevin Costner told me that ‘True’ was his and his wife’s song. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing because they split up soon after.