The World Motivation
There are no pictures of me in work mode in the house and no awards. You've got to try to have a normal life. Otherwise you can think you're something when you're not.
“There are no pictures of me in work mode in the house and no awards. You've got to try to have a normal life. Otherwise you can think you're something when you're not.”
There are no pictures of me in work mode in the house and no awards. You've got to try to have a normal life. Otherwise you can think you're something when you're not.
We were very working class and there is that chip on your shoulder from day one, but then I went to art college and met these middle-class nutcases who said, 'Do what you like, go mad.'
It was very easy to say to a white middle-class audience, 'What about Thatcher?' and get a reaction.
I don't want to be one of them old codgers, 'Oh yes, I went to Australia for the Comedy Festival once... I did this Disney film' and the grandkids saying 'Naaah, you never.'
If you let it, show-business can take over your life and permeates into your family. Your persona on stage becomes part of your house. I've learnt not to do that.
I don't do many social events in the fashion industry. Instead, I go to things like the MTV awards because that's where I fit in - wearing a yellow tuxedo and no shirt on a red carpet.
Cristiano was my idol - I saw him playing at the highest level at Manchester United, winning the Ballon d'Or and other awards. Being Portuguese, I've always looked up to him as an example to follow.
The record company felt wisely that we should get something out before I left 'Hamilton' or around awards time, and that deadline was not easy.
We never think about how many awards we've won. We just want to make the best music we can.
I never wore glasses except when I had to read a teleprompter at an awards show or drive, so I didn't notice much. I could exist in my head. It was kind of my escape from the world and my protection.