Lenny Abrahamson Quotes

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

I'm English, and 'Doctor Who' was this thing that I've been watching since I was three.

When I was 4 years old, I thought that I wanted to be a dancer like Michael Jackson.

Frank Ocean is our modern-day Marvin Gaye. In our house, we have nothing but respect for him.

I'd be quite excited to play somebody British.

I love Whitney Houston. I absolutely love her song, 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody.'

My dad sent Frank Sinatra a dollar bill to autograph, and when it came back, signed, he had it framed: it was always up on the wall in whatever flat we were in.

Madonna was my favorite when I was a little kid.

Little Britain… ever since it first came on… I come here a lot, we have a lot of friends here, my wife used to work with a lot of Brits, so we were always keyed into the hot shows when they first came out. So, I fell in love with Little Britain.

As a kid, I watched every Madonna documentary and tour. I was obsessed with her - and with any pop star of the '80s.

I look up to people like Michael Jackson because he set up pop culture.

When I was growing up, David Bowie was my idol. I grew up in inner-city London, and he was from Brixton, which is even more urban.

I'm of the generation that discovered Aerosmith because of Run-DMC. They just looked crazy to me. They were the dudes in the Run-DMC video. That's who Aerosmith was.

Everybody knows the story of The Smiths. You can still go and see Morrissey.

Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.

'Uprising' was one of the first three or four albums I ever bought in 1980 when I was 13, and that had a strong impact on me.

And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is right now he is smiling about this. Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live the king.

Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson

I was probably about 13 or 14, and I went by myself to the City Auditorium in Colorado Springs and saw the guy who wrote and sang "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini." Brian something. And I got to meet him and he signed an autograph for me, a little piece of paper. Brian Hyland! It was so bizarre.

When I look out into your faces, you know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis in each and every one of you out there.

Mine is really - Ziggy Stardust, characters, "Let's Dance." That's me in the American.

I was seven years old the first time I saw Michael Jackson. That changed everything.

Ozzy is a powerful and attractive man. When I grow up I want to be Ozzy.

That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever lived. And I think it's because he had such presence. When Elvis walked into a room, Elvis Presley was in the f***ing room. I don't give a f*** who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe.

Whether people watch Doctor Who or not over here, everybody knows about it. It's a British icon, it's so part of the nation.