Neil Tennant
Neil Tennant
Neil Francis Tennantis an English musician, singer and songwriter and co-founder of the synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Chris Lowe in 1981. He also was a journalist for Smash Hits, and was assistant editor for the magazine for a period in the mid-1980s...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth10 July 1954
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I think it proves that being gay isn't a cultural choice, which means you've got to like Barbra Streisand records. You can be what you want to be.
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I didn't want to wear a checked shirt and grow a mustache - that's what you had to do, and everyone did.
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We shouldn't feel restricted by our sexuality, and our sexuality doesn't have to be a cultural choice. That's an amazing variety of music within those five main performers.
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Since we started, Chris and I had theatrical ambitions.
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For a while we were chasing a book by Graham Greene to do Brighton Rock as a musical. We didn't get the rights, so we decided to create something from scratch, with Jonathan. By that time we were big fans of his work.