Kevin Rowland
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Kevin Rowland (born 17 August 1953) is a British musician and was the songwriter and lead singer for Dexys Midnight Runners from 1978 to 1987. He has released two solo albums, 1988's The Wanderer and 1999's My Beauty.
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- Old clothes do not make a tortured artist.
- liner notes to Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
- The only way to change things is to shoot men who arrange things.
- lyric to "There There My Dear" (1980)
- I went to an art exhibition recently, and the guy had a quote of mine from that song there — "The only way to change things is to shoot men who arrange things." I wouldn't agree with shooting people at all. I was just anti-love. I feel differently now. But, you know. It's OK. That's how it was then, and it's good.
- Tangents 2001 interview
- I had someone come up to me at "Top Of The Pops" and say they thought our records were excellent. "Yeah," I replied. "I think yours are fucking shit." It was awful really.
- Tangents 2001 interview
[edit] External links
- Tangents, "Dexys Midnight Runners" by Everett True, a 2001 interview with former DMR bandmates Kevin Roland and Kevin "Al" Archer
