Gary Kemp

We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me. ”

My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player. ”

The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted. ”

Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie. ”

I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before. ”

I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful. ”

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors. ”

It's a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing - in art, in pop - we'll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about it. ”

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star. ”

I love England. I don't really like places when they're too hot. It's my Celtic blood. ”