People always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about. Marc Almond More Quotes by Marc Almond More Quotes From Marc Almond I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates. Marc Almond gatesyoungeurope Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it. Marc Almond russiasometimesthinking As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV. Marc Almond longpeopleinteresting I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!! Marc Almond slimewantfame I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people. Marc Almond europepastthinking That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible. Marc Almond good-dayeuropethinking Russians have a new freedom, but as long as they don't express that freedom on a public platform. Marc Almond eyebrowsplatformslong So often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the thing that's unrepeatable. Marc Almond voicepeoplethinking What was great about the 80s was that you still had record companies who would get behind developing you as an artist. You had these bonkers heads of department and A&R people who, even after a flop album, would let you make another one. Marc Almond albumsartistpeople I was very much a mess, as a person. I'd come from a very turbulent teenage life, with parents who had broken up in a very bad way, and a lot of illness at school. Marc Almond teenagebrokenschool I made a creativity out of that messiness. Marc Almond messinesscreativitymade 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. Marc Almond rockspeoplethinking I don't care much about success or anything like that. I've only ever wanted life to be an adventure. Marc Almond carewantedadventure 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. Marc Almond sohorocksthinking People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho. Marc Almond bookpeopleworld I have a long history with Soho: even when I was at art college, I came down to Soho to work in the summer. Marc Almond collegesummerart I'm not one of these people who thinks everything in the past is great and everything modern is terrible. But I do think cities should be a mix of old things and new things. Marc Almond old-thingspastthinking I was quite naïve, a boy from Southport. When I went to art college in Leeds, I lived in a basement flat, and I heard clunking on the stairs all night, and I thought it was just nurses going to work on the night shift at the local hospital! Then I found out it was all working girls upstairs. I suppose I came from a protected background and had my eyes opened wide by that side of city life. Marc Almond girleyeart A lot of the early songs I wrote were about the experience of going to London and meeting rent boys and transvestites and drag queens. A lot of my early material is that: the wide-eyed adventures of a middle-class boy. Marc Almond queenssongadventure Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling. Marc Almond singingbelievepeople
