Duran Duran: World Domination By 1984
Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 11 September 1982
THEIR AMBITION – Simon's least, and in all probability the rest of them – is to one day become Bryan Ferry. They didn't say that exactly. On television the fact, they said that being "artistically satisfied and becoming stinking rich" was their ultimate goal, and on tape they aimed for "World Domination by 1984". But I have my suspicions.
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