I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates. Gary Numan More Quotes by Gary Numan More Quotes From Gary Numan I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations. Gary Numan being-differentautismmean I want them to play Britney Spears at my funeral. This way I won't feel so bad about being dead, and everyone there will know there is something worse than Death. Gary Numan funeralwantplay I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life. Gary Numan unstoppablecreativethinking Time heals nothing, it merely rearranges our memory. Gary Numan time-healshealmemories I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar school, Mum was really surprised. My parents sent me to a child psychologist, who suggested I might have Asperger's syndrome. Gary Numan homechildrenschool When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts. Gary Numan acceptingkindfacts I genuinely don't know how many albums I'm going to sell when the new album comes out, because I honestly don't know how many fans I've actually got at the moment. Gary Numan albumsfansmoments I worship nothing. Not a good lie nor a dark one. If nature is proof of God's amazing creation then I have truly seen the light, and the light is black. Nature is genius at its most cruel and savage. No benevolent God could have come up with such an outrage. Gary Numan lightdarklying Here in my car, I feel safest of all, I can lock all the doors. Gary Numan cardoorsreality I'll be the in to your sane. Gary Numan mental-illnesslife-and-lovedepression It 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 Numan no-matter-whatmatterseems My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances. Gary Numan dadwishjobs If I thought that any of this was pre ordained, then it takes away any kind of incentive to struggle, or to put up with things, to reach for those impossible dreams, all those dramatic things. Gary Numan incentivesstruggledream I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was. Gary Numan vanityhairjobs I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs. Gary Numan fantasywallfilm I'd been a Bowie fan before punk and used to get no end of trouble. I was always getting knocked about and having to run up the street, getting chased by people. It was horrible. Gary Numan fansrunningpeople I sometimes wonder if I might be a bit of a disappointment to people, because they are expecting all these '80s hits and what they get is a dark industrial wall of noise. Gary Numan walldisappointmentdark I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problems, though they seem to be associated with particular areas. Gary Numan illusionunited-statesproblem I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started. Gary Numan crushdadmother Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident. Gary Numan blueprintsaccidentswanted
