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• Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

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• When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that’s plagiarism, that’s taking other people’s music.

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• Well, I’m British. I’m proud to be British and I love this country. I’m going nowhere.

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• There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.

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• Then you have to be with somebody who understands your job. Understands there are gonna be dollybirds going, ‘Hi I’m Candy,’ and be prepared to ignore that. And also be prepared to be there when you get home. That’s a difficult job.

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• Now, I’m the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.

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• It’s not a case of ‘look at me in my car’; it’s more, ‘look at the car’. I like the idea of other people enjoying them, because everything has become a bit faceless and nobody likes the motor car any more.

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• In my mind, there’s a time and a place for putting your foot down.

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• I’m very used to stages and dressing rooms. And dare I say it, much as I like being at home, I love the buzz of a new hotel room. It never quite loses its thing.

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• I’m not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don’t tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.

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• I’m in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I’ve got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I’ve got my work 40 yards from my home. I don’t mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly?

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• I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you’ve got to get off your backside and you’ve got to do all the crap stuff, too.

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• I’m 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.

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• I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, ‘rock stars’, and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.

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• I may be the prat in the hat, that’s cool, but I drive an Aston Martin DB5.

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• I love being able to go on local flights when the weather is right. I’ve popped to the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and been mountain flying in Wales. When I got my licence I was over the moon, it was one of the greatest days of my life – it took two years to get!

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• I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you’re going to live with me, you need to be able to embrace the countryside and wet dogs.

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• I learn fast and I take note of what I’ve been told.

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• I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet – that’s how I got here.

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• I didn’t get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I’ve got it back I’m waiting to restore it.

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Jay Kay (33)

Birth:	30th December, 1969
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Singer

About

Jay Kay was born in Stretford, Greater Manchester, England. He is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the acid jazz band Jamiroquai. Jamiroquai has sold over thirty million albums, and has spent a collective 162 weeks on the UK singles chart between 1992 and 2006, with Kay's personal wealth said to be around £40 million. The band's albums list shown below: Emergency on Planet Earth, The Return of the Space Cowboy, Travelling Without Moving, Synkronized, JAZZiroquai, A Funk Odyssey, Live in Verona, Dynamite, and Rock Dust Light Star. The band's songs list shown below: "Blow Your Mind", "When You Gonna Learn", "Space Cowboy", "Stillness in Time", "Cosmic Girl", "Alright", "King for a Day", "Little L", "Love Foolosophy", "Time Won't Wait", "White Knuckle Ride", and "Blue Skies".

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