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I'm much more for style and not trend-driven.

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 think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist.
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You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else.
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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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Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise.
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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.
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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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I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.
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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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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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I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear.
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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.
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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 think the thing that would interest me would be to appear in a period piece where you'd get to dress in an elaborate costume and say nothing but just look fabulous and have a fancy role.
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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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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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I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.
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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.
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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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