It was a bit like living in a desert for about 10 years. The gay community supported me, I did some performances at clubs, but jobs were hard to come by at that time. I was sort of canceled by the music industry.
The gay thing was a bit isolating in the music industry. There were a lot of other gay singers and they'd all been advised to stay in the closet. It was considered dangerous and did affect the band's profile in middle America.
Everything that was written about us was 'gay this' and 'gay that.' I think that's why the Pet Shop Boys stayed in the closet during the '80s. People had the eye on marketing and money.
It was great in New York and L.A. and San Francisco, so we were at the forefront of that and it wasn't easy.
Collection
[
|
...
]