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Ian Astbury

" I celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It's the winter solstice celebration, rebirth and new possibilities. "

Spirit , Winter

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" I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey. "

Tyson , Mike

" 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. "

Artist , Differences , Careers

" We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing. "

Goth , considered , ourselves

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

Pretending , Paid

" I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident. "

Accidents

" The days are usually filled with nonsense and every now and again somebody flies by the circus to party on your dime. "

Party

" 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. "

England , Shoes , Sick

" Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him. "

Men , Earth , needs

" 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? "

Party , stars

" I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful. "

Hate

" I celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It's the winter solstice celebration, rebirth and new possibilities. "

Spirit , Winter

" 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. "

Spiritual , Artist

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