Simon says ...about himself!

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Simon on himself:



"People think it takes someone special or different to be a pop star. But it doesn't. I'm absolutely normal. It all feels like a big bluff sometimes!" - 1984

"Eastern jangles, flashes, jungles, all purple, gold and red, a crimson flag to herald the dawn and from the centre of the liquid flame steps the man!" - Simon giving a self-portrait

"I don't like the way I look. There are bits of me - of my body - I don't like!" - Simon's answer to the question "What's the worst thing about being Simon Le Bon?", 1990

"It's a recipe for disaster to take yourself seriously!" - 1993

"I've got that animal instinct you rely on when you're too stupid to think things out, which I have always been!" - 1997

"I wouldn't clone myself if I could, the world ain't big enough for the both of me!" - 1997

"I suppose I am a tart!" - From 50 facts at dd.com, 1998

"I like to think of myself as a consummate unprofessional!" - From 50 facts at dd.com, 1998

[Barbarell]

Simon on his ego:
"I know I'm an egoist, but my ego is a motor not a monster!" - 1981

"I decided when I was young that I wanted lots of attention. Being a show-off got me involved in drama and the pop group business and that then got me nice girlfriends. So, I thought, I'll stick at it!" - 1983

"Money doesn't motivate me as much as pride and ego!" - 1984

"...and my ego remains as equally inflated as it ever has been..." - The Duran Duran Hotline, 1998


Simon LeBon @ the MTV Video Awards 2003

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Simon on sex:



"I remember hanging around one night outside the Playboy Club in London with a mate of mine, and for some reason we really did believe we'd find a rich widow who'd fancy one of us and try to take us home. Then I was informed that there was an Arab gentleman interested in my body, and I thought, no way!"

"There's nothing wrong with one night stands. I know that is very much a man's point of view. But with this sort of job it is sometimes the only relationship you can have. You can't go through the year without any kind of sexual or loving relationship at all, so you have to find happiness in things like that!"

"Sex has always been part of my work!" - 1985

"We used to say: 'Always wear your best underwear because you never know when you're gonna need it!', but lately I kind of changed my idea. I think maybe it's better if you just don't wear any underwear, just in case when you do come, you come undone" - Simon introducing "Come Undone", South Africa 1993

"I hope you're feeling horny tonight, 'cause I am!" - Z-100 show, 1993

"I believe the word 'f**k' means love. It's being misused and it's a good word. We should say it a lot!" - Playgirl, 1995

"I was never particular great with girls at school, so when the band took off I shagged myself senseless!" - 1997

[DuranFax]

[glow=red,2,300]Simon on women/Yasmin: [/glow]

"I've always been intrigued by girls. They're an endless source of mystery to me!" - 1984

"It might sound mad, but I'm really not that interested in women who throw themselves at you. The attraction's in the chase and the challenge!" - 1984

"I can't bear stupid girls - I find them a real turn off. I don't like ladies who can't stand on their own two feet either. Basically I like them to have a brain and a bit of independence!" - 1984

"Just don't take her to a restaurant. That way she won't throw food at you. Take her to a nightclub instead and point her in the direction of someone new!" - Simon on how to break up with a girl and let her down easy, 1987

"A very *friendly* person is a girl who will sleep with anyone, and a pregnant dog is a girl who will sleep with anyone but you!" - 1990

"It was immediate and compulsory. I had to have her. I had to get married to her. I had a feeling it was going to happen when I saw her photograph. She had this smile and I looked at it and thought, 'I could wake up with that smile for the rest of my life'!" - Simon on seeing Yasmin for the first time, 1990

"Why rock stars marry models? Because they can! It's the same answer to the question: 'Why do dogs lick their balls?' Because they can!" - MTV Europe, 1993

"She's got nicer everything - that's why I married her!" - Simon when asked what he thinks when people say that Yasmin is more famous and has nicer legs than he has, 1998


Simon & Yasmin Le Bon

"If I'm honest, I did it for the birds. And being able to wear lipstick on stage!" - 1998

"I spent Christmas with my girlfriend Clare in Canada and then I went straight to Sri Lanka and met my other girlfriend, Anita. I couldn't make my mind up. Plus, there was a part of me that went 'Why the hell not?'!" - 1998

"I met Yasmin around then. I'd seen a photograph of her, invited her to see Indiana Jones and went out with her for two weeks. Why two weeks? She wouldn't f**k me. I couldn't figure for the life of me why not!" - 1998

"There's nothing wrong with seeing what's on the menu!" - dd.com, 1998

"I'm very lucky to have got married to a girl who earns because it's kept me in the lifestyle I have been accustomed to!" - 1998

"I'm down to my wife's last million!" - 2000

visit Yasmin Le Bon's Website: www.yasminlebon.net/