I didn't want to wear a checked shirt and grow a mustache - that's what you had to do, and everyone did.
From Neil Tennant
We shouldn't feel restricted by our sexuality, and our sexuality doesn't have to be a cultural choice. That's an amazing variety of music within those five main performers.
We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.
At one time musical theater, particularly in the '40s and '50s, was a big source of pop songs. That's how musical theater started, really - it was just a way of linking several pop songs for the stage.
She's been a smack addict, she's had big success in Europe in the '70s, and she's lost everything. She's been rediscovered in the '80s, and as we meet her she's just about to sign a new recording contract.
I think there's an element where people get very comfortable in their ghetto. Which is fair enough.
I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain.
Since we started, Chris and I had theatrical ambitions.
When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock concerts were boring.
It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the encore. We wanted to make a show that kept on developing, that was interesting, so we tried to do that with our live shows.
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