"I'm not a reluctant rock star, I am not one at all. I haven't an ounce
of rock star in me. [...] What I despise about the rock star lifestyle
is the lack of music in it. The average day is spent travelling to
hotels, giving interviews, being nice to people you're told to be nice
to, and maybe if you're lucky you might squeeze a bit of music in. The
musician's day is music. [...] I am in that unique little club, where I
went into music because I love music, not because I wanted to be rich
and famous. I've always knocked on the door of the musicians' room, not
the rock stars' room. The British press refuses to see the difference
between them, mainly because of the capers of people like Phil Collins, a musician who behaves like a rock star. But there are people who love music and have no interest in being a rock star at all. " da un'intervista per The Indipendent del 1997.
(Christopher Anton Rea, cantante e chitarrista; Middlesbrough, 4 marzo 1951 – Berkshire, 22 dicembre 2025)