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If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've got this problem with nostalgia. ↗

— Gary Numan

#been #difficult #get #got #i

In the mid-1980s to the early 1990s I was writing songs not because I particularly liked what I was doing, but because I was desperately trying to get back into the charts. I really didn't enjoy it. I didn't like the music I was making, I wasn't proud of it, like I have been before or since. ↗

— Gary Numan

#because #been #before #charts #desperately

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#love #non-violence #principle #stands

It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do. ↗

— Gary Numan

#carefully #correctly #how #i #i always

Maybe I over-do the 'not-80s' thing. It should be a part of my life that I've got some sort of pride in, but I've got this huge chip on my shoulder about '80s nostalgia - and it annoys fans sometimes. ↗

— Gary Numan

#annoys #chip #fans #got #huge

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances. ↗

— Gary Numan

#care #careful #comes #dad #finances

Grief, and an estate, is joy understood. ↗

— Gregory Nunn

#grief #joy #understood

Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster. ↗

— Gary Numan

#away #contradictions #difficult #disaster #going

Strangely enough, when the Sugababes' 'Freak Like Me' went to number 1, which was built around my 'Are 'Friends' Electric' song, I had another song called 'Rip' go to number 1 in the Kerrang TV chart, so I was pulling new people in from very different areas of musical interest. That was quite an amazing week. ↗

— Gary Numan

#another #areas #around #built #called

The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it. ↗

— Gary Numan

#agreeing #any #anyone #asking #assure