British - Musician | December 1, 1954 -
I read a lot when I was young. All the obvious, all the greats, from 'Le Grand Meaulnes,' 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' 'Fear and Loathing,' 'Catcher in the Rye,' 'The Bell Jar,' 'The Female Eunuch,' 'Valley of the Dolls,' 'The Feminine Mystique,' Tom Wolfe. Then, film took over for me. Film was so exciting in the '70s.
Viv Albertine
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If you are an autodidact, you probably do write more in the rhythm of speech rather than having learnt prose.
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Strive to be different and better than what is already out there if you are creating - Benjamin Clementine does that.
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I always love a song about London or about places. I think Britain could do with more of them; America is so good at that.
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During my childhood and teenage years, everything I knew was at war. My mother and father were at war. My sister and I were at war. I was at war with my atypical nature, desperately trying to fit in and be normal. Even my genes were at war - the cool Swiss-German side versus the hot-headed Corsican.
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It's amazing what your brain can do when all your senses are heightened.
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We grew up during the 'peace and love' of the 1960s, only to discover that there are wars everywhere, and love and romance is a con.
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I'd like to be with someone kind who can hold a conversation and is in my age group. If that's too much to ask, I'll do without.
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It's me who fixes the roof, unblocks the drain, and changes the plug. I'm Spartacus.
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We're so tribal in Britain about music. But my music - my guitar playing, the rhythms, et cetera - just express my personality, because I'm self-taught.
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Punk was such an exciting time because there were no rules. You could go and knock on Sun Ra's door - and he was in the phonebook, under Ra!
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Girls were nothing in the '70s.
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