Will Young
Will Young
William Robert "Will" Youngis an English singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the worldwide Idol franchise. His double A-sided debut single "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" was released two weeks after the show's finale and became the fastest-selling debut single in the UK. Young also came in fifth place in World Idol performing his single "Light My Fire"...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth20 January 1979
CityWokingham, England
We didn't do what we should have on the offensive side of the ball last year. We look at it now as knowing we don't have to do big things to win a big game.
I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life.
What we have to do as a nation is to step back and look at the economics of the situation and decide whether it?s worth it to keep all of that infrastructure there.
A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.
I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was preoccupied with my teaching and my writing.
I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing I ever wrote about.
I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons.
I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.
When the dream came into being, I always pursued it.
Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine?
I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.
The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women.
We made sure we had enough volunteer operators on hand so no one ever had to wait on hold after hitting a glitch in the system. Several people commented on that. They were surprised when they didn't have to wait for service.