When it’s time to make music, that’s about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good as being a freak who’s casually in control. You’re feeling around in the dark for something that feels good.
You can freak yourself out with ‘EastEnders’; think about how many people watch it, how long it’s been going, it’s iconic. But since I’ve been on it, I’ve come to terms with it.
I think I’m too much of a control freak.
I was in love with a girl in my class when I was in primary school, and she obviously thought I was a freak, so that wasn’t working out. And the the guys in my class, every two weeks they’d say, ‘Hey, we spoke to her, and she really likes you now. You should go and ask her again.’ And then I’d go and ask her again.
I am a bit of a control freak. If I get married, my wife isn’t going out. No way. She’s staying at home. She’s not going out to clubs without me. I’ve already decided the rules, whoever she is.
I’m afraid of the dark because I picture things; I see things. I’m a freak. I see, like, little demons coming out of the floor and other little things running around. It’s scary.
I used to be just a total jazz freak. People used to say, ‘Where’s the melody? Is there a melody in there anywhere?’ Now I let the music follow the song.
I had this imaginary world where fairies were my friends. If you told six-year-old Juno that she’d one day play a Disney fairy, she’d totally freak out.
I’ll say initially acting was my first love, and that’s what I pursued. But then, so far as even my first day on a film set, and just watching how things were set up, I just said, ‘I think I want to be in charge.’ I am very much type-A. I am a bit of a control freak.
When in doubt, freak ’em out.
One of my favourite Donald Byrd tracks is ‘Think Twice,’ and I didn’t want to sample it. I’ve always enjoyed when other people have sampled it, so I wanted to instead of making a beat with it or something like that, or freak the beat of whatever. I wanted to just recreate it in my own way, like how I heard it.
I have a picture with Obama in my house, and I freak out every time I see it. I’m like, ‘What the heck? Did that even happen?’ It’s like a dream.
I am a music freak. My tastes run the gamut from Willie Nelson to Metallica to Miles Davis.
The 21st century is a really terrible time to be a control freak.
I think what’s surprised me about the music industry is that you never know what’s going to happen. I’ve had to teach myself that, because I love to know everything. I’m quite a control freak when it comes to stuff like that.
Early in my career, I got roles that demanded that I be fit to carry off the angry young man look. Of course, I’m a fitness freak, and that’s something I picked up from my dad.
I went to lunch at the Ivy. People started running across the street, and one guy almost got hit by a car. I started to freak out. That put me into hiding for three weeks. I didn’t leave the house.
You can be a control freak only when you have weak people around you.
I think, as people, we’re isolating ourselves. We’re talking to each other through our phones, arguing… those divisions freak me out.
I’m a bit of a neat freak.
I want it all… fast. I want to be married, I want to live together… and then somewhere around a year or two years, I get freaked out. I freak out emotionally and then I actually feel like ‘Oh my God, who’s this stranger in my house?’
I really don’t have an interest in it and people think I’m a freak because I’m not obsessed by ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ but it just doesn’t appeal to me. I’m really sorry but I can’t get into it. You get treated like a complete pariah if you don’t like things like that!
Too much makeup on an older woman can really make you look like a freak.
In all probability, when the 1919 series is over, a diagnosis of it will show that the final result was brought about by some unusual situation or freak happening that was given no consideration when the relative strength of the two clubs was considered.
I’ve been promoted, relegated, won big trophies, gone months without scoring, played for my country at World Cups, been bought, sold, loaned, and called ‘a freak.’
I am a curious creature and put my finger in as many cakes as I can: history, film, technology, etc. I’m also a freak for urban history, particularly Barcelona, Paris and New York. I know more weird stuff about 19th-century Manhattan than is probably healthy.
I’m a clean freak and a germaphobe – I have hand sanitizer in my pocket.
I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, ‘I let go and I’m going to let the cards fall where they fall… For a control freak, it’s hard.
I grew up in a bus, traveled with various circuses and freak shows. I was a trapeze artist, and that was my dream. We just traveled the whole world, me and my mom and my little brothers and sisters. It was an adventure.
I’m a Prada freak and I think they have great eyewear. Even though I don’t need glasses, I use them as a fashion accessory.
I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman’s decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak.
I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
To me, when people say, ‘Oh, you’re a freak athlete,’ it’s bittersweet. It’s a huge compliment to say, ‘O.K., you have physical abilities that are kind of above and beyond.’ But at the same time, I feel like it diminishes the mental side of the game.
I love playing tennis. I am an exercise freak.
It makes me sound like a domestic freak, but I care very much about my kids’ nutrition.
I am very clean, not exactly a neat freak, and creative.
I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys – some very rare stuff.
I’m a neat freak. I find I work best when I feel organised and together, and as I work from home, that means my house is always so tidy!
We may freak out globally, but we suffer locally.
I’m a control freak. And more so now that I have children.
I got problems. I freak out, go to a shrink, go through all kinds of therapy and stuff, but I’m learning how to deal with it. That’s why I’ve chosen one hour a night to get all of my aggressions out. to really tell the world the way I feel.
I think it’s important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.
That’s why I love music – because I’m such a control freak, and it’s the only thing that I can’t really control.
I had little breakdowns and depression that would last for three days. I also started suffering from panic attacks. I used to get them when I was really young, but they came back. I’d be out having a drink, and then I wouldn’t be able to breathe, would freak out, and I’d feel like my heart was going to stop.
I’m an OCD neat freak. I can’t stand messes. I make my bed every morning. Laundry. I do it all.
I am someone who is a fitness freak, I wouldn’t skip the gym and eat whatever I want because I have to look fit.
Lei Feng is reported to have died in a freak accident in 1962 – struck by a falling telephone pole.
I was a child prodigy who had a freak voice of something like four octaves.
I’m a total weirdo and have often felt like an outcast and a freak, and I love that. It makes things so much more exciting.
I don’t think I was a control freak. I just couldn’t get my head around things. When I joined Sheffield United I was told I had £5m to spend, then when I went to see the chief executive he told me if I didn’t raise £350,000 no one was getting paid.
Spencer is nearly as much of a neat freak as me!
I’m such a music geek, a music freak. I wake up in the morning, I press play.
I’m a neat freak… It seems to me that an orderly desk is reflective of an orderly and organized mind, you know?
I’m a bit of a gadget freak.
Anyone who thinks I’m a plastic-surgery freak is insane.
I’m never sloppy, and I never wear jeans. I don’t work one look in particular, but it’s usually retro – I’m a flea-market freak. And detailed – I’m always very done, even at the gym.
I noticed in the past, a lot of guys who like strong women, they really freak out if you’re not strong 24/7. Or they complain about you being strong, then the moment you’re not strong, they’re like, ‘Oh, no, no, no.’
The role of Kaya, which I played in ‘Dil Kabaddi,’ is very close to my heart as I am also a fitness freak.
I am a sugar freak.
I like vocabulary and I actually read a book called ‘Word Freak,’ which is about a guy who basically went into competitive Scrabble for a year. But having a big vocabulary and being good at Scrabble are not the same thing.
I assumed ‘Freak the Mighty’ was probably too weird and melodramatic to find a publisher. I certainly never expected the book to have a profound influence on my career as a writer, but indeed it has.
Everyone has a freak flag inside them. Whether they’re brave enough to show it is another matter.
Festivals are the best because you can’t control anything, and for a control freak like me, that’s a wonderful experience.
I know that whatever I put out, whether people think it’s pop or noise or whatever, it’s always going to be some kind of a freak or mutation. It’s not going to be anything pure that a lot of people will relate to. And that’s fine.
