Strangely enough, when the Sugababes' 'Freak Like Me' went to number 1, which was built around my 'Are 'Friends' Electric' song, I had another song called 'Rip' go to number 1 in the Kerrang TV chart, so I was pulling new people in from very different areas of musical interest. That was quite an amazing week.
Gary NumanI've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
Gary NumanIt seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do.
Gary NumanThere's no point in lying saying I am doing really, really well because I'm not; I'm cult level.
Gary NumanWe have heard projects with some of the writers, who we've been in business with for a long time at the studio, that we've heard as a studio - often, pitches that are still in their formation stage where we or the writers have wanted our input on developing them. We've probably heard more pitches with the network hat on. Certainly all of the outside pitches are that way, and many of the pitches that have been in great shape coming out of the studio we've heard from a network perspective.
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