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I much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really.
Ian Astbury
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Ian Astbury
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: May 14
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Ian Robert Astbury
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I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.
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I have no desire to be a lead actor or anything. I was offered things and occasionally something comes along, but for the most part I'm pretty much, You've got to be joking, right?
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I've tended to lean more toward the Dalai Lama and people like Russell Means who have been my political and spiritual North Stars, but I certainly regard Nelson Mandela with great respect and humility.
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I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.
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What is the popular image of rock star? A rail-thin, overly-paid, narcissistic, average-talented individual who self-implodes in front of everybody, eternally having a party and who looks eternally youthful?
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I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear.
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I had a great conversation with Trent Reznor. Trent said, I'd have a sixpack, too, if I didn't write my own music!
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We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing.
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Occasionally I like a really good pair of shoes. A pair of leather shoes from Gieves & Hawkes in England, Buckshot Brogue, they look really sick.
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Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise.
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Christmas to me is very much about family and the depths of winter.
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I work at my life and I cultivate myself and don't spend six hours in a gym. Some people would say I should but why?
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Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics and influences in their music. When you see Kanye West, he has a full band playing. Jay Z has a full band playing with Marshalls.
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That's a real sign of the times - can you imagine Nick Cave wearing a hoodie? He may not wear one, but he definitely sells them.
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The term rock has, unfortunately, become appropriated by four-year-old girls and accountants. An accountant does something amazingly well on the stock exchange and his buddies high-five him: He's a rock star! A four-year-old girl learned to ride a bicycle: She's a rock star!
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