But I’m not sure what that would be.Īnd what’s interesting is, in terms of having the memory, in being in recovery there’s a lot of work of unearthing, so it’s sort of like you’ve done a lot of your prep work. I quite like the idea of really going in the same direction but going deeper. I mean, I’m actually, I think I like plumbing the same depths in a way, like looking deeper into the same material, you know, rather than going in a completely opposite direction or a different direction. Now I think about doing another one, but what would it be about? But it wasn’t something that I’d really seriously thought about doing.

I think I knew the attitude of the book, I knew the voice of the book and what it was going to be.

So I did have a few ideas about events and how I could tell them. You know, it’s not going to be…” I mean, I suppose one does think about it, because I’ve sort of, I’m a very occasional diarist, like when I feel the need to, you know, to fill a few pages of what’s going on with me right now, or some kind of memory, I will do it. I mean, the people that came to me said, “We’re going to help you. Had you thought about doing it before and imagining people came to you before that? Not that it really matters, but I was like, “Oh, oh my God.” Yeah, but it was a good thing to do. I’m going to have to put it down on paper because I’m the one with a memory.” I mean, only the other day something came up and I realized that I’d got some timing wrong in one of the chapters. And of course I’m thinking, “Well, these guys have got really bad memories. Now, most of our conversations are like memory tests. And so I would rather the book was a tribute to all of that.Īnd also, I mean, the band. The city that sort of raised me and nourished me. I’d lost both my parents at that point, and with them the connection to place that was this street that I grew up on and that I went back to my entire life because my dad died in that house. And so the timing was quite good for me.īut yeah, I mean, it’s really about memory. So he said, “Well, what about you? Who are you? What do you do?” I’m like, “I’m a musician.” He goes, “Well, why don’t you tell your story?” Not quite like that, but… And it was a moment in time actually when the walls were just falling, everybody who could play a guitar was ready to tell all. He wanted to tell the Juicy story and pitched her that, and that didn’t work out. So I’d like to claim it all as my own, but Tom Sykes does have a credit on the cover.Īnd actually Tom had come to my wife Gela.

I mean, I’ve always respected authors, but after that more so than ever, really, just how much work is involved. I was really humbled by the experience, actually. And I mean, actually getting the book printed and released required a lot of minds other than my own. But there’s a huge amount of research involved. Let’s say I wrote the cornerstones by myself. I don’t think I could have done it without him, actually. In this episode, we talked about his must-read autobiography In The Pleasure Groove, what it’s like to go from blaming everyone to taking responsibility for yourself, how no one really acts their age and the joys of watching soccer, among many other topics. Those who only think of Taylor solely as Duran Duran’s pretty boy will be delighted to hear what an analytical and kind guy he is - a man who speaks openly about what it was like to have worldwide fame while he was still living at home with his parents and talks about a recovery meeting as a place where he’s thrilled to be able to meet people from all walks of life. In short, my inner 14-year-old was having a conniption fit while my outer adult had a glorious, insightful conversation with a brilliant, thoughtful man with over two decades of sobriety. As an allegedly together adult, I resisted the urge to tell him that my adolescent bedroom was papered with his image (covered in lipstick kisses, despite the fact that I didn’t and still don’t wear lipstick). To say I was excited to interview John Taylor would be the understatement of the century.

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