Toyah Willcox Quotes

Toyah Willcox

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 18, 1958

The world doesn't reward talent, it mostly rewards those who are connected.

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I moved to London to work at the National Theatre and spent my first wage packet on Patti Smith, Bowie and Velvets records.

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Punk helped musical fringes get attention. Stuff like Nirvana could never have happened without it.

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I think Marilyn Manson has a better take on America than Michael Moore and I don't think he's appreciated for his intellect.

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I've studied nutrition since I was 23 and I began to find that a lot of my eating habits were to do with boredom and frustrations rather than hunger. When I was thirsty I would eat rather than drink.

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I try to eat small meals throughout the day.

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Getting older doesn't worry me, what does is getting unfit.

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My 30s were a nightmare because I was so uncomfortable. If I could have unzipped myself and stepped out of my body, I would have done.

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I am very wealthy and I could nurture a child very well.

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My mother is not a naturally happy person and is very complex. She won't allow any of us to touch her. Not even my father hugs her. And, as a family, we never kiss each other. Yet we do have a close relationship.

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Until I was seven, I was very close to my mother because I was so ill and she had to teach me how to walk and talk. But then she had another child, a little girl called Fleur, who died. When she came home from hospital there was a bit of a distance between us. It was never talked about again.

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I can't live in a world of dullards. So I think on that level, I'm definitely punk.

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I had no interest in people telling me to be feminine, to be ladylike, to wear dresses - it just made me rebel completely.

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I just find social media such a robotic experience, whereas punk was right in your face.

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I'm just not interested in the norm. The only example I can give you is I can't go to a hairdresser and talk about holidays. I just don't live in that world. It's not me.

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I was every mother's nightmare - I was a hair model from 14, and I started coming home with red, blue, green hair.

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I was completely unconventional in everything, which my mother found very difficult. I was a huge tomboy.

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When I was young I just regarded not sleeping as a fantastic way to pack more into my days. I always reasoned that life's so short, it seemed crazy to waste it sleeping.

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At one stage I was using crutches on stage and couldn't walk more than 20 yards but a hip replacement in 2010 sorted that out.

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I remember my mother doing housework until four in the morning and then a couple of hours later taking me to school.

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