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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Dave Simpson

Blondie’s Debbie Harry: ‘It wasn’t a great idea to be as reckless as I was’

‘I barely took notice of my lucky escapes’ … Harry.
‘I barely took notice of my lucky escapes’ … Harry. Photograph: Guy Furrow

Hey, Debbie, in Face It [Harry’s memoir], you discussed the creation of the Blondie persona. How intentional were your choices in character curation, and why did you choose to adopt a persona in the first place? ChloSchmo

I think we’re all seeing images or performances that we like and absorbing and amalgamating them. As a kid, the beautiful women on the silver screen were fairytale versions of what life is for a woman, because when I was coming up there was no such thing as women’s lib. A persona gave me freedom, a world of my own. You pick a character that you love and then it becomes you.

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