Blondie's Debbie Harry on her MeToo past: 'I was younger. I just felt that was Mother Nature'
Debbie Harry spent many years struggling to start a music career in New York City’s lawless 1970s. One night, she recounts in“Face It,” when she and boyfriend Chris Stein got back to their East Village building, they were accosted by a man with a knife who took them to their apartment, raped Harry and stole Stein’s guitars. “In the end,” she writes, “the stolen guitars hurt me more than the rape.”
Debbie, when you were a kid, you were fixated on the idea of becoming an artist. What did that word mean to you back then? Harry: No. I was very optimistic. Chris and I both shared a blind optimism, a false sense of confidence. And we were smart enough to see that our popularity was building. We were able to survive in great part because of Chris’ mother [Estelle].Harry: Stel never questioned what we were doing or said, “You’re wasting your time.” She was very smart.Stein: Many people were supportive, but nobody gave us donations.Stein: We played on New Year’s Eve [1976] in Central Park — right in Bethesda Fountain.
Debbie writes that at the peak of success, her ego got out of control. Do you think that’s true, Chris?
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