My life is routine-obsessed. I'm OCD, and if I'm not at home, I always get up early and exercise. I don't crash and burn at night, not these days, so early-ish to bed. At home, I have three small boys who bring me down to earth with school runs and endless meals.

Gary Kemp

Categorized in : School Running Home

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.

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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.

real past years

I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of... by Gary Kemp

I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.

sometimes people thinking

Do not dehumanize others. by Gary Kemp

Do not dehumanize others.

I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all. by Gary Kemp

I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.

dont-believe atheist believe

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and po... by Gary Kemp

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.

pops musician actors

It's always an honour doing anything for your country. by Gary Kemp

It's always an honour doing anything for your country.

honour country

I love my children unconditionally. by Gary Kemp

I love my children unconditionally.

i-love-my-children my-children children

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.

splits wife song

My instinct is to be very controlling. by Gary Kemp

My instinct is to be very controlling.

instinct

Pop music should be about young people. by Gary Kemp

Pop music should be about young people.

pops should people

Love is family, support, priority, and understanding. by Gary Kemp

Love is family, support, priority, and understanding.

priorities support love-is

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.

acting tools ideas

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing... by Gary Kemp

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.

self would-be thinking

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

situation firsts thinking

Music gives voices to people struggling to come out of themselves... by Gary Kemp

Music gives voices to people struggling to come out of themselves.

voice struggle people

I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, a... by Gary Kemp

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

stressful hell band

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.

musical successful years

Your life is the same wherever you go. by Gary Kemp

Your life is the same wherever you go.

umpires life-is

Road cycling, especially up mountains. It's the heady mixture of endorphins and aesthetics that I love. My wife does it too, and being with her in extreme but beautiful conditions adds to the experience and our relationship.

cycling wife beautiful