RONSON QUITS PARTYING
Superproducer MARK RONSON has quit partying over fears his wild lifestyle was turning him into a tabloid mockery.
The Grammy Award-winning DJ shot to fame working with British singer Li ly Allen and producing Amy Winehouse’s global smash hit album Back to Bla ck and he quickly became a regular in the gossip columns with his playboy lifestyle.
He says, "I look back at pictures of me from that time, I simply do not recognise myself. I’d go out for a beer after a gig and my photo would b e everywhere the next day. I was associated with Amy and Lily Allen becau se I’d worked with both of them… It must have looked like I was living this vapid lifestyle and just getting wasted every night." Ronson’s notoriety in the press gathered pace when he began dating teen age supermodel Daisy Lowe, 13 years his junior, in 2008, and the star adm its he was eventually forced to re-evaluate his life and take a step out of the spotlight.
He says, "Daisy is really sweet, but I look back and realise I was turn ing into a cliche. At one point, it seemed normal to be in the papers eve ry day. But that’s not normal for me. I’m a DJ and producer, I’m supposed to be one of the indoor kids…
"I’ve scaled back on the smoking and drinking. It’s fun to have a beer but drinking Jack Daniel’s before going on stage is a recipe for disaster .. I don’t miss the partying - I’m getting too much energy from the music I’m making."
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