Top 18 Quotes & Sayings by Holly Johnson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician Holly Johnson.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

William Holly Johnson is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK albums chart. Two singles from the album – "Love Train" and "Americanos" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers.

English - Musician | Born: February 9, 1960

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What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S.

Holly Johnson

I wanted to make the kind of records that I heard in the discos that I danced in at that time. Funky, electronic sounds, while the musicians in the band were more rock oriented. This I suppose created the sound we know as Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Holly Johnson

I always saw myself as a multi media artist.

Holly Johnson

I always saw being in a band a full time job.

Holly Johnson

I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.

Holly Johnson

I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop.

Holly Johnson

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now.

Holly Johnson

This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves are never really responsible for all of that. That is something that happens to you when you sell millions of records.

Holly Johnson

We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out before I even dropped in. Months later they were still asking what had happened to me, not realising that I was on a UK tour.

Holly Johnson

Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming.

Holly Johnson

Let's face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George.

Holly Johnson

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

Holly Johnson

Although we were The Spice Girls of 1984 in Europe, My work has never been widely promoted in the U.S.

Holly Johnson

The great thing was my teammates really set some great screens to get me open. I just went out there and played basketball.

Holly Johnson

I feel I have to live a little longer before I write a sequel to my auto biography which covers my experiences up until October 1991.

Holly Johnson

What can I tell you I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S.

Holly Johnson

I think the main thing you have to remember when going into the post-season is to stay relaxed. All of the energy and excitement can be overwhelming but the thing I'll try to relay to the younger players is just stay calm and focused.

Holly Johnson