So many people have to struggle for years, very few bands get success with their first record, but I was instantly successful and famous on a very large scale, which was scary. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
I’ve always relied on a big producer and big studios. I had budgets that were ridiculous. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
The first record I ever danced to in a grown-up disco was Donna Summer’s ‘A Love Trilogy’. I danced for the full 15 minutes and I thought to myself, ‘This is it, this is what it’s all about.’ Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
I slowly became less famous and less successful. That was very difficult. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
Now that I’m older, I understand that it’s up to the individual to decide who they are or what they are. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
I believe now that love is letting people in. Love is bigger than all of us. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
I was painfully self-obsessed and self-aware. I wanted people to love me but at the same time I was terrified of them. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
When disco came around the first time, there was this real core of progressive thinking and a positive lyrical content – about freedom, the possibilities of love, change and expression. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
I’ve always been making music, but I sort of went under the radar. I kind of disappeared… I was never really that comfortable with the music industry. I loved the idea of being able to express myself creatively – but the rest of it never really sat well with me. Jimmy Somerville Read Quote
