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
Government can't completely take care of people by making a bunch of promises and programs. Organize your communities
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.
I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.
Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.
I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.
A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.
I love it when people yell at me about the environment and then I tell 'em I'm burning 90% cleaner than them.
Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.
And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.
I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.
With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn't relate to the next verse. I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life.
We need to spread out now in the universe. I think in 100 years we'll be living on other planets.
The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.