Jimmy Somerville ,quotes

I think there's a lot of hone...

I think there's a lot of honesty in that track. 'Smalltown Boy' was about leaving Glasgow but it was also about the people I had come to meet on my journey, especially when I was squatting in London.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

I've always relied on a big p...

I've always relied on a big producer and big studios. I had budgets that were ridiculous.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

I was painfully self-obsessed...

I was painfully self-obsessed and self-aware. I wanted people to love me but at the same time I was terrified of them.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

I've always been making music...

I've always been making music, but I sort of went under the radar. I kind of disappeared... I was never really that comfortable with the music industry. I loved the idea of being able to express myself creatively - but the rest of it never really sat well with me.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

Glasgow is a city, but it's o...

Glasgow is a city, but it's one with a small-town mentality.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

I discovered later in life th...

I discovered later in life that there's not that many men with a counter-tenor vocal ability.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

When disco came around the fi...

When disco came around the first time, there was this real core of progressive thinking and a positive lyrical content - about freedom, the possibilities of love, change and expression.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

I had good parents. My mother...

I had good parents. My mother had morals and standards and she brought us up to be good kids - some of the families around were just laws unto themselves, it was really tribal.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

I definitely didn't have a ha...

I definitely didn't have a happy childhood.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

It has to start from the play...

It has to start from the playground and parents teaching kids that diversity is what makes us so wonderful.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

People like Duran Duran were ...

People like Duran Duran were a big production but it was a nothingness. That's just my personal opinion.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

Actually, have you ever heard...

Actually, have you ever heard Sylvester's live version of 'Mighty Real' that was recorded in San Francisco? If I listen to that, I never fail to get goose bumps all over. I go crazy. That song just makes me so emotional.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

I'm Scottish and I was born t...

I'm Scottish and I was born there and but in my heart I'm a Londoner.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

The first record I ever dance...

The first record I ever danced to in a grown-up disco was Donna Summer's 'A Love Trilogy'. I danced for the full 15 minutes and I thought to myself, 'This is it, this is what it's all about.'

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

So many people have to strugg...

So many people have to struggle for years, very few bands get success with their first record, but I was instantly successful and famous on a very large scale, which was scary.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

When you grow up with constan...

When you grow up with constantly being told or made to feel that you are less than, then it's very difficult to grow into an adult and to shake that off.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

Actually, it doesn't matter t...

Actually, it doesn't matter to the papers why you left Glasgow. They never look at the roots of the problems you had, and you simply end up being painted as un-nationalistic.

Jimmy Somerville 10.08.2025 21:05:10 1 quotes

There's a massive glitter ball...

There's a massive glitter ball in my head and it has never stopped turning

Jimmy Somerville 03.03.2018 03:03:03 1 quotes

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