I discovered later in life that there’s not that many men with a counter-tenor vocal ability. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
Actually, it doesn’t matter to the papers why you left Glasgow. They never look at the roots of the problems you had, and you simply end up being painted as un-nationalistic. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
For someone who doesn’t live there, when I go back to Scotland it’s very weird for me. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
Actually, have you ever heard Sylvester’s live version of ‘Mighty Real’ that was recorded in San Francisco? If I listen to that, I never fail to get goose bumps all over. I go crazy. That song just makes me so emotional. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
I think there’s a lot of honesty in that track. ‘Smalltown Boy’ was about leaving Glasgow but it was also about the people I had come to meet on my journey, especially when I was squatting in London. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
People like Duran Duran were a big production but it was a nothingness. That’s just my personal opinion. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
I went to squat with a bunch of friends – creative, intelligent, political people. We got involved in a community project funded by the Arts Council and we made this video. I sang a poem and somebody, I think it was Richard Coles, who was later my partner in the Communards, said I had a very strange sound and I should use it. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
I had good parents. My mother had morals and standards and she brought us up to be good kids – some of the families around were just laws unto themselves, it was really tribal. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
