Article/interview with Deborah Harry. Among topics
discussed are the music industry, Harry’s looks, Marilyn Monroe, music
as an art form, overpopulation, the current state of women and music, and
Britney Spears.--Ed.
Deborah Harry
Madison Square Garden Theater
New York City
June 10, 1999
Credit: Joe Ryan Photography
Euan Ferguson meets...Deborah Harry: She Looks a little tired, she thinks Britney is boring. Blondie's singer is all grown-up now--even if she still looks 31...
Top of the world, Ma. We are looking down, Deborah and I, on a helicopter. The helicopter is in turn looking down on the roofs of Manhattan's relative pygmies, skyscapers of a mere 30 storeys or so, steam from their air conditioning units racing white into the chill blue sky. The pygmies are looking down, way below, on flurried snow and dirty yellow taxis. All is silent. 'Hmm,' muses Ms. Harry. 'Integrity. Well, yeah. Of course you start out trying not to get involved with the money men. You have principles. But look at us! We're sitting here on the 44th floor of the Bertelmann Building' -- symbol of everything corporately megalithic about the music industry. 'I suppose I feel I've succumbed to the inevitable.' It took a long time coming....
Source: The Observer,
February 20, 2000