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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?
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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There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out on time can be really good.
Ian Astbury
What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a certain element of blues, even a hint of soul or blues music, derivative of African-American blues, folk, spiritual, or gospel.
Ian Astbury
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.
Ian Astbury
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 celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It's the winter solstice celebration, rebirth and new possibilities.
Ian Astbury
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.
Ian Astbury
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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Christmas to me is very much about family and the depths of winter.
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I write all the time. The wonderful thing about having a cell phone is that if I get an idea, I knock it out and it's in my phone and I can transfer it to my computer and go into the studio and bring it up.
Ian Astbury
I'm much more for style and not trend-driven.
Ian Astbury
I had a great conversation with Trent Reznor. Trent said, I'd have a sixpack, too, if I didn't write my own music!
Ian Astbury
If you want to go put on a bathrobe and go walk down the street, excellent. I think it's more about trying to get an individual style than trying to get a uniform look.
Ian Astbury
I much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really.
Ian Astbury
Don't let anyone dictate what you should and shouldn't wear. Do what you want. Who cares?
Ian Astbury
I admire Chris Martin. Coldplay have made some wonderful records for the genre they're involved in, but I would consider them to be more of a pop act. The music is much more cerebral than it is animalistic.
Ian Astbury
I think there's a lot of people who are afraid to experiment with clothing because they're afraid to get judged or ridiculed.
Ian Astbury
Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise.
Ian Astbury
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.
Ian Astbury
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.
Ian Astbury
I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.
Ian Astbury