Trivia and Quotes
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 "I have terrible memories of it all going wrong. I`d put together an all-star band and the set was fraught with problems. We had David Gilmour on guitar and, poor David, his guitar wasn`t working for the first couple of songs. With his first hit, the drummer put his stick through the drum skin. And then my microphone wasn`t working, which for a singer is a bit of a handicap. A roadie ran on with another mic so then I was holding two mics taped together and I wasn`t really sure which one to sing into. It was a great day though." (On playing Live Aid (1985) (TV)) "The older I get the less I know about women. They are completely infallible and totally impossible."
As far as the words are concerned it`s a bit like an actor tackling Shakespeare. I like finding the melodies that Dylan`s hidden away in there. (On recording Bob Dylan songs)
He was the best guitar player and had a great look and a great attitude. I saw him play when I was a student. I was very impressed. Very influenced. (On Jimi Hendrix)
I heard Dylan (Bob Dylan) when he first came out, and I remember seeing people wandering around with his album under their arms. But at that time I wasn`t into ... folk music. Oh, acoustic guitars? It was not my thing. I was very much into Otis Redding, soul music, Stax, Motown. And guitars had to be electric for me, to be exciting.
I like my own lyrics, but I don`t write as prolifically as I would like to. So that`s probably why I went into the whole world of interpretation. (On recording cover versions)
I like quality things. Yes, I do have a vast wardrobe, but it`s certainly not on the Elton John scale.
I`m much more serious than him. He loves to talk! He has to talk the talk. And I tend to rather sit and watch more. That`s where the main difference is. But we`re both self-centered. I think we both think the world revolves around us. (On Brian Eno)
When I started reading Eliot, I really felt incredibly close to some of the things I read. I could feel this. It`s fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better. He would probably be my favorite poet. Some of it is really beautiful and sad, haunting. Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult. (On T.S. Eliot)
Trivia
Currently lives together with Katie Turner, a dancer he got to know during Roxy Music`s 2001 concert tour.
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Dated model Jerry Hall in the 1970s, which explains her appearance on the cover of Roxy Music`s 1975 album "Siren". Ferry and Hall were still dating in the late `70s when Hall met Mick Jagger for the first time....eventually leading to their a long relationship and four children together.
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Ferry`s son Otis was arrested while attempting to plaster pro-hunting stickers over the windows of British Prime Minister Tony Blair`s house during a protest in support of fox hunting. (3 August 2002).
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His song "Going Strong" was recorded by Roger Daltrey on his solo album "Parting Should Be Painless" (released in 1984).
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Kar Wai Wong credits his rendition of the standard "I`m in the Mood for Love" as the inspiration for the English title of his film `Fa yeung nin wa (2000)`.
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Lead singer and keyboardist of Roxy Music.
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Married 22-year-old Lucy Helmore at the Church of St. Anthony and St. George at Duncton, West Sussex, England, UK.
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One of David Bowie`s favorite songwriters. Bowie has described Ferry as one of the best lyricists in British music.
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Sons: Otis, Isaac, Tara, Merlin.
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Spouse: Margaret Mary "Lucy" Helmore (26 June 1982 - 21 March 2003) (divorced) 4 children
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