Toyah Willcox Quotes

Toyah Willcox

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 18, 1958

As a young child, my family holidays were always in Rock, Cornwall, with my parents, older brother Kim and sister Nicola.

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You should never undermine friendship and loyalty.

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If you don't protect the NHS, you're going to have health ghettoes where people can't get treated.

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Some people believe tarot cards are a form of black magic or senseless new age mysticism but for me they are a practical way of talking directly to the universe.

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My father, Beric, ran a joinery business and owned two factories.

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I'm 5ft 1in and despise being small. People think I'm cute and cuddly, and I'm not.

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Punk is the voice that shouts the loudest from the silence of inertia.

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Acupuncture has made all the difference to my sleep.

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The NHS is something we should put above everything else.

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In 2010 I had to learn to walk again when I had my legs made the same length, after living with one leg two inches longer than the other until the age of 51.

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I cannot emphasise enough how important exercise is. I have to do at least a three-mile fast walk a day, usually in the afternoon. Movement is incredibly important in helping my body use up my energy.

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I'm not vegetarian. I eat what I crave, but most of the time I don't crave meat.

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I was very naughty, even as a baby.

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I'm really muscular because my mother had to teach me how to straighten my own spine. It wasn't good for my relationship with her because she was dictatorial about it, but in the end I was able to disguise what I had.

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Look and image were very important - there was already incredible pressure to look feminine and sexy but I wanted to look individual and strong. I didn't have any role models except Little Nell from 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.'

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My parents were incredibly strict. My father went through a stage where he'd line us up every Friday and cane our hands if we'd been naughty. And this was mainly to pull my brother into line. My brother is five years older and my sister's eight years older. He would use a little bamboo cane, which my brother saw most of.

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My own teenage style was modelled on Barbara Hulanicki's Biba look, which was based around smart 1930s chic. Roxy Music crystallised that look and made it high fashion. You felt that they were living the dream.

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Growing up with dyslexia and struggling in the classroom because of it, I know how infuriating and frustrating it can be to be treated wrongly as though you're of below par intelligence.

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In my industry who you know is very important.

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Remember all those you work with. You never know when you will meet again.

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