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You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else.

Ian Astbury

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Ian Astbury
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: May 14
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Ian Robert Astbury
Venerated
Worshipped
Pretending
Paid
Somebody
Else

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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'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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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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I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear.
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It's not about mainstream global domination. I make clothes that I can't find. I made a few pieces and Lupe Fiasco bought a pair of trousers I'd made, and a few other artists picked some up.
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When you look at men's fashion magazines, you see a lot of well-groomed guys in suits, but very rarely do you see a lot of guys in drop-crotch and hoods with high-tops. It's coming, though, because guys in suits and short hair are beginning to look like they're from another time.
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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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I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist.
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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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I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.
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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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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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Don't let anyone dictate what you should and shouldn't wear. Do what you want. Who cares?
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I much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really.
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I think there's a lot of people who are afraid to experiment with clothing because they're afraid to get judged or ridiculed.
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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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Usually when I see Matthew [McConaughey] at a show, he'll be down in front with his shirt off with two beers just going mental, lit up and having an amazing time.
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I do know that there is a difference between artists who are career-driven and artists who have a calling and are just compelled to make music, compelled to perform live, and the business isn't the reason they're doing it. In fact, there isn't really a reason. You just do it.
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