A large part of me becoming a performer was a make-or-break way of getting over that stutter. I sometimes wonder if, subliminally, that was part of the reason I got into the business, and the more I became a performer… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
I'd been really shy as a kid, I had a terrible stutter, and I thought music would be a good outlet. And it definitely seemed to improve things for me, so I stuck with it. — Paul Young Copy Share Image
I remember being 12 or 13 and listening to 'Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp' by OC Smith. It reminds me of holidays in Cornwall,… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
Even as a child I knew I wanted to be a singer, and in 1976, at the age of 20, I quit my job… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
We once employed a girl in Texas to produce a fanzine, and after meeting her there she seemed fine. Then the letters started and… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
Money came my way but wasn't really in the plan, so I didn't know how to deal with it. — Paul Young Copy Share Image
We were far from being the kind of band that threw TVs out of hotel windows. In fact, we carried our own toolbox with… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
My mum said I used to sing on the bus. I was about five and would simply sit, staring out of the window, singing… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
People forget that scenes and fashion trends changed very rapidly during the '80s. We went from glam rock to punk, to new romantic, to… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
I flew to Malaga once and instead of going left to Marbella, turned right and went to Nerja. I wanted to get as far… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
I did 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Celebrity MasterChef.' I was quite good at those, and did a cookbook. — Paul Young Copy Share Image
