Apart from my family, the closest people to me in the world are the guys in the band. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
When you have kids, things come at you that you don't expect and you twist and turn to sort it out. — Martin Kemp Child Copy Share Image
I find the older I get - carrying this thing called fame - the more I close myself off. That's what you… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
My mum and dad were together 55 years, I don't think they spent a day apart. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
For me it's the funniest show on TV. 'Benidorm' is such old-school, 'Carry On,' panto humour. It's so warm. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
I think one of the blessings of being involved in music is that you end up liking a bit of everything. — Martin Kemp Being Copy Share Image
My wife Shirlie was in Wham! when we met, so we were moving in the same circles. — Martin Kemp Circles Copy Share Image
Sometimes when somebody wants to take the lead it's nice to take a back seat. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a council flat in Islington with only an outside lavatory. And there were plenty of kids I… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
We grew up in Islington, north London, in a Georgian terraced house that nowadays would be split into flats. Our grandparents lived… — Martin Kemp Home Copy Share Image
I remember watching Cilla Black with my mum and dad - I must have been about six years old - and getting… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I used to carry the equipment for Gary's band, so I was kind of like his roadie. Every night… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
If you walk through life and you relate to everybody who looks at you, it would send you mad. So you close… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
A lot of things in life only become historic in retrospect, but we knew that Live Aid was a historic day while… — Martin Kemp Around the world Copy Share Image
My favourite genre is probably Seventies rock: Deep Purple, Black Sabbath. I love that stuff because it's what everyone was into when… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
If you're lucky enough to come from, I was very lucky when I grew up, I grew up in a house fill… — Martin Kemp Dad Copy Share Image
There was a moment when Thierry Henry returned to Arsenal for a game against Leeds, and the whole of the ground was… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
When Spandau were at the peak, there was a lot of pressure on us as brothers that kind of saved the band… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
We used to have a nanny who was obsessed with Take That. She was in love with Mark Owen and her room… — Martin Kemp Daughter Copy Share Image
The best thing my mum and dad ever did for me was keeping me at home and giving me time to find… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
When I was younger I really challenged the boundaries of fashion, I guess I always have. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
Our first record with Spandau Ballet went to number five - I guess we were offering something different and it appealed. — Martin Kemp Ballet Copy Share Image
I've worked with lots of actors who sit at home for years waiting to get a job, then as soon as they… — Martin Kemp Actor Copy Share Image
When I grew up in television you couldn't go on a game show without being suited and booted. — Martin Kemp Being Copy Share Image
I've never felt comfortable in the spotlight. I never felt pretty enough or wanted people to look at me. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
I was 18 when I signed my first record contract and in those days fame was a lot of fun. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
If you do something you love doing, it keeps you young and it keeps you healthy. That for me is what success… — Martin Kemp Health Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, a Saturday job was a rite of passage, every kid had one. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
It definitely raises your game, working with your brother. You don't want to let each other down. — Martin Kemp Brother Copy Share Image
To be amongst people that know their lines and you're the only person that doesn't is just bizarre. — Martin Kemp Bizarre Copy Share Image
I'm so used to being in a drama, or something like that, where you have everything planned out. — Martin Kemp Drama Copy Share Image
When I lack confidence now, I channel a bit of Steve Owen and that transforms me. — Martin Kemp Confidence Copy Share Image
The more famous you become, the better you can get the job in front of you. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
When you're in a band you can stay a teenager for years; my mood was determined by what number we were in… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
Like any working-class boy growing up in north London, I wanted to be a footballer. — Martin Kemp Football Copy Share Image
Every time you do something good you have to stand back and breathe the moment in. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
As a child I was painfully embarrassed by everything, always blushing and unable to make eye contact. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
Everything in life prepares you to do something else, no matter what you do. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
