Kevin Rowland Quotes

“The only way to change things is to shoot men who arrange things.”

Kevin Rowland

lyric to "There There My Dear" (1980)

“Old clothes do not make a tortured artist.”

Kevin Rowland

liner notes to Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)

“I never did feel like a star. I was always uptight about something and uncomfortable and not very good. I felt weighed down by it, the pressure. It's terrible I should have enjoyed it but I didn't; I was thinking about what we should do all the time, I wasn't able to run with it.”

Kevin Rowland

Interview - March 2010

“I did loads of stupid things, like the way I used to argue with EMI Records. I just look back to the time now and wonder how I would have reacted to some prick coming into my office shouting and kicking things.”

Kevin Rowland

NME - July 1982

“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.”

Kevin Rowland

Tangents 2001 interview