Adam Lambert
American singer
“You’re never going to make it.” It was some guy I was dating. I had the last laugh.
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A headmaster said I was a complete washout and I would never be any good for anything.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗
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“Let’s face it, you’re not Ingrid Bergman.” I was 19 and he was a potential boyfriend. My only thought at the time was: “I’m not?”
I was called the N-word in Romford, by someone stepping off a train as I was getting on.
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Kind, insubstantial and dedicated.
In 1992 I was in New York, and somebody showed me a work by Louise Bourgeois. I never realised that sculpture could move me, and I was so affected by this piece that I bought it. It was a lot of money.
The fact that I might wake up early.
That I never became a virtuoso musician.
As someone who added to a situation rather than took away from it.
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