Creativity Quote by Marc Almond

Marc Almond’s line lands with the shrug of someone who’s been both praised and politely mocked in the same review. “Singers like that” is a deft piece of self-positioning: he gestures toward a lineage of performers associated with melodrama, theatricality, maybe a touch of camp, without naming names or begging for validation. It’s a reminder that pop has always had its stylists and maximalists, the voices that don’t aim for tasteful restraint so much as emotional impact.

The kicker is the second clause: “I’ve done my fair share of cheese as well.” Almond doesn’t defend himself against the charge; he absorbs it and turns it into a credential. “Cheese” here isn’t just a critique, it’s a genre of pleasure - the knowingly overripe chorus, the too-muchness that gets under your skin precisely because it refuses coolness. By admitting complicity, he disarms the listener and reframes the conversation: if you think it’s corny, fine, but the corn is part of the meal.

Contextually, this reads like a veteran artist talking about reputation management in public. Almond’s career has moved through synth-pop, torch-song revivalism, and cabaret-inflected romance, all forms where sincerity can look like excess. The subtext is a quiet argument against purity tests in taste. Pop history isn’t built by people who never risk embarrassment; it’s built by people who wager dignity on feeling and sometimes win.