Gary Kemp Quotes

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

  Gary Kemp

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

  Gary Kemp

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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.

  Gary Kemp

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• 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.

  Gary Kemp

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• We were on the cover of Women’s Wear Daily, which was hardly rock ‘n’ roll, but it pleased me.

  Gary Kemp

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• Pop music should be about young people.

  Gary Kemp

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• It’s a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing – in art, in pop – we’ll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about it.

  Gary Kemp

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• Your life is the same wherever you go.

  Gary Kemp

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Gary Kemp (8)

Birth:	16th October, 1959
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Guitarist, Lyricist

About

Gary James Kemp was born in Smithfield, London, England. He is an English actor, guitarist, and songwriter who is the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s new wave band Spandau Ballet. He also provided backing vocals on many of the tracks to lead singer Tony Hadley. He released a solo album entitled Little Bruises in 1995. His role in several films include: Hide & Seek, The Krays, The Bodyguard, Killing Zoe, Magic Hunter, Dog Eat Dog, and Assassin.

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