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
You could tell he was frustrated. A player like that is used to driving, penetrating and making his outside shots and he wasn't.
You could see the frustration on his face. He'd come off the mat and say 'I knew what to do, I couldn't do it.' His body just wouldn't do the things his brain wanted to do. He grew so fast that they didn't stay connected.
You could look at it that way. As good as they are, we did contain them as best we could for three quarters. But we didn't make the plays we needed to toward the end of the game.
You can't go out and just get crazy on the ball.
You can't get down in this district. We started 0-2 and that makes it hard. You can't ever give up.
You can't shut off the shareholders, but 80 percent is a significant hurdle.
You can't put a price on a life. If it's not broke, don't fix it.
You can't assume that this person is worthless. You can't assume that they were a drug dealer. You can't assume that their life didn't mean something and they weren't productive and they weren't somebody's father.
The main thing is I live in the community, work in the community and have children in the community. I don't have any agenda, not to say that anyone else does. The only thing I want to do for our district is to make sure we do what's best for our children.
I try not to look back. I'm looking forward. I'm worried more about what I'm going to do next week than I am what I did last week. There are too many things to do. Looking back is for everybody else.
I have a lot faith in the younger generation of music lovers. Youth isn't living in the past; if somebody tells them that there's something better than what they have, they're going to check it out. And if they like it, they're going to get it. I'm not worried about the youth. Young people aren't just looking back, they are also looking forward.
Vinyl is great, I made a lot of vinyl, but I don't want new vinyl that's from digital sources, because that's a rip off.
All the things I used to count on to get my music out there - record companies, they're all gone. And radio stations, they're gone - they're completely controlled by the government. If they're not controlled by the government, they're controlled by a programmer who's controlled by the government. Mainstream radio is suspect. You can't trust it.
This is the 21st century, we are a highly evolved race, our capabilities are so great compared to what we are doing. We have been lulled into addiction and everything is built around it and you have to break out of it and think outside of the box.