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Gary Kemp Biography

Gary James Kemp (born 16 October 1959) is a British pop musician and actor who is the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s new wave band Spandau Ballet. His brother, Martin Kemp, plays bass guitar in the band. Gary Kemp also provided backing vocals on many of the tracks to lead singer Tony Hadley.

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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.

Country, Honour

Your life is the same wherever you go.

Umpires, Life Is, Life, Wherever, Same

Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music had become very staid and it was about the playing and people obsessed. Eric Clapton was God and we needed an enema within the art form, and punk did do that.

Angry, Art, Glam Rock, Obsessed, Rocks, Sort

I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.

Dad, Days, Printer, Think, Thinking, Ties

Pop music should be about young people.

People, Pop, Pops, Should, Young

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.

Real, Past, Years, Having, Ballet

I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row.

Aesthetic, High, Holds, Made, Row, Suits

I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.

Firsts, Live, Marriage, Situation, Think, Thinking

My instinct is to be very controlling.

Controlling, Instinct

Music gives voices to people struggling to come out of themselves.

Gives, People, Struggle, Struggling, Voice

The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted.

Appalling, People, Tempted, Thought, Toyah, Wilcox

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

Band, Hell, Members, Stressful

Don't give pain to others.

Pain, Giving, Give

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.

Acting, Helps, Ideas, Tool, Tools

I detest that saying Everything happens for a reason; its nonsense.

Everything Happens For A Reason, Nonsense, Detest, Saying, Everything

I love my children unconditionally.

Children, I Love My Children, Love, My Children, Unconditionally

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.

Successful, Years, Musical, Direct, Band, Stage

Love is family, support, priority, and understanding.

Family, Love, Love Is, Priorities, Support, Understanding

Road cycling, especially up mountains. It's the heady mixture of endorphins and aesthetics that I love. My wife does it too, and being with her in extreme but beautiful conditions adds to the experience and our relationship.

Beautiful, Cycling, Wife, Aesthetics, Extreme

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

Musician, Actors, Pops, Thought, Musicians

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