Gary Kemp red carpet interview at the 2023 BMI London Awards
Singer–songwriter Gary Kemp was honoured with the BMI Icon Award. Full story at https://lucire.com/insider/20231003/gary-kemp-p2j-honoured-at-2023-bmi-london-awards/
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00:00 Icon award, icon that you are.
00:02 I know it must be so hard to summon in divorce, but what does this mean to you?
00:06 Well, you know, I I'm sure it's for someone else.
00:11 And I've just come here by mistake.
00:12 That's how you feel, isn't it?
00:13 You know, yeah, no, it's I'm full of gratitude towards the BMI
00:18 for what they have helped me to achieve over these decades.
00:24 And it's been a great partnership.
00:26 And I'm really thrilled that tonight they can honor me in this way.
00:31 Yeah, let's just talk about true.
00:33 First of all, because that's obviously got its 40th anniversary.
00:36 That's yeah.
00:37 Yeah. Yeah.
00:37 When you were making that song, did you ever think it would live on
00:41 and be such a tune even today?
00:43 No. You know, I remember writing that in my bedroom.
00:45 I still live with my mom and dad.
00:47 And and the first person I showed it to is my brother, Martin.
00:50 You know, what do you think of this?
00:51 Is this going to be any good for the for the band?
00:53 It's a bit different, you know.
00:56 No, of course you don't.
00:58 You don't even know if you're going to be in the music business for that long.
01:01 You know, I think at that time the oldest people in the business
01:04 were just in their mid thirties, you know, so it's extraordinary
01:09 to think you're you're part of the ether.
01:12 How proud do you feel when you look back at just how much you've achieved?
01:15 Because everyone has been singing your praises tonight
01:18 and you're so deserving of that.
01:21 You know, it was really because of the band I was in.
01:24 I was lucky to be in this great band with an incredible singer,
01:28 my brother, which made me always feel confident.
01:30 Steve Norman, John Keble, you know, that's
01:33 that's we were very lucky to find this gang that worked for us.
01:39 And I think it's a great record because of those guys.
01:42 What is the secret to writing a good song?
01:45 Faith, you know, you've got to believe you can do it
01:49 and you've got to impress yourself before anyone else.