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> [When you grow up with constantly being told or made to feel that you are less than, then it's very difficult to grow into an adult and to shake that off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/when-you-grow-up-with-constantly-being-told-or-made-to-feel-that-you/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

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## More by Jimmy Somerville

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/i-ve-always-been-making-music-but-i-sort-of-went-under-the-radar-i/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [Now that I'm older, I understand that it's up to the individual to decide who they are or what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/now-that-i-m-older-i-understand-that-it-s-up-to-the-individual-to/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [Glasgow is a city, but it's one with a small-town mentality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/glasgow-is-a-city-but-it-s-one-with-a-small-town-mentality/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [I've always relied on a big producer and big studios. I had budgets that were ridiculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/i-ve-always-relied-on-a-big-producer-and-big-studios-i-had-budgets/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [When disco came around the first time, there was this real core of progressive thinking and a positive lyrical content - about freedom, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/when-disco-came-around-the-first-time-there-was-this-real-core-of/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/actually-have-you-ever-heard-sylvester-s-live-version-of-mighty-real/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [I discovered later in life that there's not that many men with a counter-tenor vocal ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/i-discovered-later-in-life-that-there-s-not-that-many-men-with-a/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [So many people have to struggle for years, very few bands get success with their first record, but I was instantly successful and famous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/so-many-people-have-to-struggle-for-years-very-few-bands-get-success/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [I slowly became less famous and less successful. That was very difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/i-slowly-became-less-famous-and-less-successful-that-was-very/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [There’s a massive glitter ball in my head and it has never stopped turning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/there-s-a-massive-glitter-ball-in-my-head-and-it-has-never-stopped/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/actually-it-doesn-t-matter-to-the-papers-why-you-left-glasgow-they/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [I went to squat with a bunch of friends - creative, intelligent, political people. We got involved in a community project funded by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/i-went-to-squat-with-a-bunch-of-friends-creative-intelligent/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/i-think-there-s-a-lot-of-honesty-in-that-track-smalltown-boy-was/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [It has to start from the playground and parents teaching kids that diversity is what makes us so wonderful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/it-has-to-start-from-the-playground-and-parents-teaching-kids-that/)

[Jimmy Somerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-somerville/)

> [I had good parents. My mother had morals and standards and she brought us up to be good kids - some of the families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-somerville/i-had-good-parents-my-mother-had-morals-and-standards-and-she-brought/)

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