#ted

I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar school, Mum was really surprised. My parents sent me to a child psychologist, who suggested I might have Asperger's syndrome. ↗

— Gary Numan

#causing #child #grammar #grammar school #happiest

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problems, though they seem to be associated with particular areas. ↗

— Gary Numan

#areas #associated #aware #i #illusions

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances. ↗

— Gary Numan

#care #careful #comes #dad #finances

The industrial thing came about mainly through giving up trying to write pop songs in the early '90s. I don't think I was ever very good at pop music and as soon as I stopped trying, and started to write more the things I loved, it became much heavier and more aggressive. ↗

— Gary Numan

#aggressive #became #came #early #ever

Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident. ↗

— Gary Numan

#across #blueprint #i #stumbled #them

I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#being #canceled #cast #disappointed #fix

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#developed #english #english literature #i #idolatry

One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#day #directed #discovered #fine #fine day

The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#fully #had #hamlet #i #most

I know what motivated you was not just a political campaign. It was your love of our country. ↗

— Alan Nunnelee

#country #i #just #know #love