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Shaun Ryder

(1962) Singer

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Shaun Ryder is a singer.

Quick Facts About Shaun Ryder

Born: August 23, 1962
Profession: Singer

About Shaun Ryder

[Wikidata] British singer... | [Wikipedia] Shaun William George Ryder is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. As the lead vocalist of the rock band Happy Mondays, he was a leading figure in the Madchester cultural scene during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1993, he formed Black Grape with former Happy Mondays dance

Quotes by Shaun Ryder · Page 4

We're not the only life in the universe. We're just not. It's ridiculously impossible.

Impossible

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I'm quite happy sat in front of the telly watching everything on Sky, Netflix, Amazon Prime. And the one called Roku. I've…

Everything

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The Shaun Ryder in the Happy Mondays isn't the real Shaun Ryder. It's a caricature. Always has been.

Always

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I've never cared about being indie or cool. I wanted to be on 'Top of the Pops.'

About

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It is amazing what humans can put up with.

Amazing

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The only thing I took to Glastonbury in 1990 was a ton of tin foil!

Foil

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I never thought I'd die young. Even at the worst moments, I've always thought I was gonna live till I was about 127.

Always

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When Happy Mondays came out, that was different to all the music around then.

Around

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My job is to go out partying and entertaining and it's all in an excitable environment. Doing that after night - it…

Boring

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We really wanted to be rock 'n' roll, so we became rock 'n' roll, and really good at it, but you pick…

Forget

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The Mondays were important because nobody sounded like us.

Because

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I wouldn't want to be 20 again.

Again

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I stole my first albums 'Pin-Ups' and 'Hunky Dory' by David Bowie from the first super-sized supermarket in Salford, which also sold…

Albums

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I've enjoyed all my times, teens, twenties, thirties, forties, and now I'm enjoying my fifties.

Fifties

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When I hit 40, I ballooned. I thought it might have been age, abuse, but it wasn't, it was a thyroid condition.

Abuse

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It was cycling that got me off drugs. I'd get on my bike very early in the morning and keep cycling until…

Day

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All my kids grew up around showbiz so they know it's just a job.

Around

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I think I'm a really good dad.

Dad

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When he was young and because he was off his nut, Bez would spit when he talked.

He

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I wasn't interested in anything at school apart from making sure I had the latest fashion on my body and making sure…

Anything

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Wives and girlfriends really shouldn't be anywhere near the band. Not at all. Anyone who's listening to their girlfriend, they shouldn't be…

Band

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If I put anything negative in me then it seems to amplify the situation. I have to think positive.

Anything

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Yeah, when I had Covid all I could eat was fruit. Big bags of pears every day.

Big

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Believe it or not, me and Bez choose the reality TV we do wisely.

Believe

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I didn't learn the alphabet until I was 28 and could only learn that when someone told me to sing it.

Alphabet

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