Apart from my family, the closest people to me in the world are the guys in the band. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
My parents taught us respect for other people, and for other people's things. — 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
We grew up in Islington, north London, in a Georgian terraced house that nowadays would be split into flats. Our grandparents lived… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
Whether it was 'The Krays' or 'EastEnders' or the songs in Spandau Ballet, if you do a good job or make something… — Martin Kemp 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
To be amongst people that know their lines and you're the only person that doesn't is just bizarre. — 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 in our… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
The violence in 'EastEnders' is a lot more dangerous than the violence in 'Family.' It becomes dangerous when it is softened, like in 'The… — Martin Kemp 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 waiting for… — Martin Kemp 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 I was… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
Music was far more tribal in the Eighties; you were into one band and that was it. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
When I was young, I first went into the theatre which opened up across from my house. My mum and dad put me in… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
My wife Shirlie was in Wham! when we met, so we were moving in the same circles. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
When you're acting, playing the bad guy, you get a chance to open up this box inside and look at all the bad things… — Martin Kemp 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 do, they… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
I joined Spandau Ballet not because I wanted to be the best musician in the world, but because I wanted to be Elvis Presley,… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
