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.
The days are usually filled with nonsense and every now and again somebody flies by the circus to party on your dime. - Ian Astbury
The days are usually filled with nonsense and every now and again somebody flies by the circus to party on your dime.
- Ian Astbury
If you want to go put on a bathrobe and go walk down the street, excellent. I think it's more about trying to get an individual style than trying to … - Ian Astbury
If you want to go put on a bathrobe and go walk down the street, excellent. I think it's more about trying to get an individual style than trying to …
Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him. - Ian Astbury
Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him.
You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else. - Ian Astbury
You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else.
We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing. - Ian Astbury
We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing.
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. - Ian Astbury
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.
I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident. - Ian Astbury
I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident.
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, compe… - Ian Astbury
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, compe…
I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey. - Ian Astbury
I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey.
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