Paul Young

If you do something right you get a real sense of achievement and an adrenalin rush.

— Paul Young

I love playing live and I love to travel. I don't get bored by either one.

— Paul Young

I performed at Live Aid in front of a worldwide TV audience of 1.9 billion but I wasn't nervous - the atmosphere…

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I suppose I was lucky to be born in a time where I was in my early '20s in the '80s. It…

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Money came my way but wasn't really in the plan, so I didn't know how to deal with it.

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I fancy a safari in South Africa. Watching animals in the wild must be amazing.

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I didn't think I was scared of heights until I did ITV's 'Splash!' in 2014.

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If you stay in the studio for a long period of time, you start to drive yourself around in circles.

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Vangelis, who wrote the music for 'Chariots Of Fire,' is a bit of an idol of mine - his music is stunning.…

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My 'No Parlez' album in 1983 - which went quadruple platinum - changed my life. The funniest thing though is the pictures…

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I don't remember how much money we got when I was in Streetband. It was whatever cash was left at the end…

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I'm a mad fan of American guitarist Ry Cooder and he made a record using Mexican musicians, but with American soul singers…

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I don't mind people talking to me as they are only ever nice. Although I had one frightening experience when I had…

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When I was younger, every time I stopped work and had a holiday, I'd break out in a rash. A dermatologist put…

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After performing in various bands, my big break came when I signed for the record label CBS. I had a couple of…

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I've always seen myself as a working musician but now there's no money in records for the artist at all, it's all…

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I look after my voice and I warm up... I tend to do it in the car, which must look a little…

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I always wanted to be able to buy nice things, but the appeal of music was the escapism.

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I did 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Celebrity MasterChef.' I was quite good at those, and did a cookbook.

— Paul Young

I don't see a future in music unless you are one of the 5pc of massive artists.

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You are what you decide you want to be. You can be some horrible, bitter person who's not a pleasure to be…

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Generally, musicians find that as they get older, their popularity starts to wane. Pre-Covid, however, I was going through a good phase…

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I think it's really good to get early work experience. I'm not sure if it will happen with my children, but for…

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Dad's like the Six Million Dollar Man - as soon as he feels a twinge, he wants it fixed. He's even had…

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I became a qualified machinist at Vauxhall. For some reason it's been erroneously reported that I used to screw on hubcaps, but…

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There are people who sit at home and decide to anonymously troll people on the Internet - what is wrong with these…

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Rick James was a force to be reckoned with. He was an underground success here but huge in the U.S. - people…

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I'm moved by song lyrics, particularly Tom Waits' 'Take It With Me.' It's about a man on his deathbed, wanting to take…

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When I'm not doing solo shows, I'm performing with my cowboy band Los Pacaminos - we play the kind of music you'd…

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People forget that scenes and fashion trends changed very rapidly during the '80s. We went from glam rock to punk, to new…

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The Prius does about 55mpg and it always amuses me. I love it when you pull up at someone's house and all…

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When 'Wherever I Lay My Hat' went to number one in 1983, I was still driving a green Viva HC that my…

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I wanted to do music at school but they discouraged it. If you did music you couldn't do technical drawing, which meant…

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My parents were still living with my grandparents, on my dad's side, when I was born, but when I was three, we…

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If something great comes off with the potential TV series, I will go straight to an investor this time and put my…

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I did part-time jobs until my apprenticeship as a milling machinist at Vauxhall when I was 16. I got £15 a week…

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I want a church service with New Orleans funeral jazz music. I'd like people to say a few words about me and…

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Someone at an airport in Germany asked me to sing Wherever I Lay My Hat. It's strange, they wouldn't ask people in…

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