Ian Astbury Quotes
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The term "rock" has, unfortunately, become appropriated by four-year-old girls and accountants. An accountant does something amazingly well on the stock exchange and his buddies high-five him: He's a rock star! A four-year-old girl learned to ride a bicycle: She's a rock star!
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I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident.
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I've seen people wearing clothes that don't look good on them, but they're really loving those clothes and the experience of wearing those clothes. Fine. At the end of the day, it's fashion.
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I had a great conversation with Trent Reznor. Trent said, "I'd have a sixpack, too, if I didn't write my own music!"
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I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.
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I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey.
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Hoodies are definitely street wear, no doubt. It's amazing how hoodies have become such an important staple in people's wardrobes.
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I think there's a lot of people who are afraid to experiment with clothing because they're afraid to get judged or ridiculed.
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There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out on time can be really good.
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I grew up on North American sports teams as well as English soccer clubs.
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What is the popular image of rock star? A rail-thin, overly-paid, narcissistic, average-talented individual who self-implodes in front of everybody, eternally having a party and who looks eternally youthful?
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Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise.
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I much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really.
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I do know that there is a difference between artists who are career-driven and artists who have a calling and are just compelled to make music, compelled to perform live, and the business isn't the reason they're doing it. In fact, there isn't really a reason. You just do it.
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Christmas to me is very much about family and the depths of winter.
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Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics and influences in their music. When you see Kanye West, he has a full band playing. Jay Z has a full band playing with Marshalls.
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Usually when I see Matthew [McConaughey] at a show, he'll be down in front with his shirt off with two beers just going mental, lit up and having an amazing time.
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You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else.
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I write all the time. The wonderful thing about having a cell phone is that if I get an idea, I knock it out and it's in my phone and I can transfer it to my computer and go into the studio and bring it up.
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I'm much more for style and not trend-driven.
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The days are usually filled with nonsense and every now and again somebody flies by the circus to party on your dime.
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There have been times in my life where I was asked to do things and I didn't feel comfortable with it.
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I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.
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I like the idea of getting to dress up, like to do a Barry Lyndon or something about the Napoleonic period, the grand army retreating from Moscow. I understand that there's a craft to acting and a lot of people work hard at it. I just know that music is my first love. I love music, I love film, and I love clothes.