Holly Johnson Quotes

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

  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

• 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

• 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

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

  Holly Johnson

• Let’s face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George

  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 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

• I always saw myself as a multi media artist.

  Holly Johnson

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

  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

Holly Johnson (13)

Birth:	9th February, 1960
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Musician, Painter, Singer, Songwriter

About

William Holly Johnson was born in Liverpool, England. He is an English artist, musician, singer and songwriter. 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 embarked on a painting career. His albums list shown below: Blast, Hollelujah, Dreams That Money Can't Buy, Soulstream, Europa, and Unleashed From the Pleasuredome. His singles list shown below: "Atomic City", "Heaven's Here", "Where Has Love Gone?", "Across the Universe", "The People Want to Dance", "Legendary Children", "Hallelujah", and "Disco Heaven".

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