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
I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.
Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.
With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.
I guess now music is so saturated and so microwaved. It's, like, 15 minutes in the microwave and boom, you've got something. Nobody's putting passion or any thought behind it anymore.
In middle school, I had an '87 Regal. That was unheard of.
A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
I ain't never been the type of person out at the movies and holding hands and riding around listening to R. Kelly.
When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.
I ain't a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker. I don't do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people.
My music is more like ghetto gospel; there's a message in my words, so people listen. Sometimes you might here different things; it depends on how you feel. You might feel down, and I might be the cat in the same sentence saying, "You need to get up and do your thing." And then I could be the same cat, when you at the top of your game, telling you, "It feel good, don't it?" but with the same words.
You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.
I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain't going the way they should go, they let you know... and when they happy, you gotta keep 'em happy.
A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family. You still gotta stand up and be that guy even when you ain't having great things. Because you've gotta be the spokesperson for your people.