The Blondie frontwoman also opened up about getting older and how "thinking about it all the time could be your downfall"
Jack Irvin
Mon 6 January 2025
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Shane Anthony Sinclair/GettyDebbie Harry in May 2024
Debbie Harry is learning the downsides of getting older.
Before the Blondie frontwoman turns 80 on July 1, she spoke in-depth about her feelings toward aging in a new interview with The Times — including how it feels to have outlived many of her friends.
"I don’t walk around thinking every minute, oh my God, I’m going be 80 — but that’s sort of how I feel," said the rock icon. "My mother used to say in her head she was 25 and I’m the same."
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Sansho Scott/BFA.com/ShutterstockDebbie Harry in October 2024
Harry explained she feels "thinking about [aging] all the time could be your downfall," adding that she doesn't "really want the same kind of life I did when I was younger" because she's already "done that."
"That’s the beauty of aging — you know what it’s about," said the "Call Me" singer. "You have it in your heart and soul and your memory bank … or does that sound like an excuse? Should I go out and party every night?"
Looking toward her milestone birthday this summer, Harry detailed plans to "have a whopping great party with everyone there" before telling the outlet: "Though one of the bad things about aging is everyone’s gone already."
Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Debbie Harry in February 2024
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member then recalled, "In the 1980s, or maybe 1990s, there was a show at [the downtown nightclub] CBGB’s gallery. I went around the room and 50 per cent of the musicians in the photos were gone and that was years ago. It’s what they call diminishing returns."
Elsewhere in Harry's The Times interview, she spoke about having "no more nerves" at this stage in her life when it comes to performing live. "Experience is the key," she said.
The "One Way or Another" musician added, "It hasn’t all been lucky, but I feel I’ve been treated very generously by the fickle finger of fate and I’m just more content than I used to be. I tried very hard to do something and succeeded, and having some success is a terrific elixir."
Blondie's Debbie Harry Opens Up About Her Choice Not to Have Kids: 'Some Missing Element in My Chromosomes'
The singer spoke about her choice in an interview with 'The Times'
Hannah Sacks
Mon 6 January 2025
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John Lamparski/GettyDebbie Harry
Debbie Harry doesn't regret her choice not to have kids.
The lead singer of Blondie, 79, spoke with The Times in a new interview and was asked whether she has any regrets about not having kids. "No, I think I would have been a terrible parent," Harry admits.
"Although who knows? I salute anyone who raises a family, but it doesn't bother me for some reason. I guess there's some missing element in my chromosomes," she jokes.
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John Lamparski/GettyDebbie Harry
Debbie Harry doesn't regret her choice not to have kids.
The lead singer of Blondie, 79, spoke with The Times in a new interview and was asked whether she has any regrets about not having kids. "No, I think I would have been a terrible parent," Harry admits.
"Although who knows? I salute anyone who raises a family, but it doesn't bother me for some reason. I guess there's some missing element in my chromosomes," she jokes.
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Samir Hussein/WireImageDebbie Harry
Harry was in a relationship with Blondie's guitarist Chris Stein, but the pair split up in 1987 and remained friends. She is godmother to Stein's two daughters.
Elsewhere in her interview with The Times, the rockstar shared that she remains "curious" about dating as she's about to turn 80.
Harry told the outlet that she doesn't believe it's "possible" for her to start dating someone, though she also hasn't ventured into the modern world of dating online: "I haven't tried. I like chemistry between people."
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"I had a friend who was an avid practitioner of online dating and she met a terrific guy," she said. "But I don’t know if I’m in the right position to be dating online."
The Times reporter Julia Llewellyn Smith then encouraged Harry to try her hand at a celebrity-friendly dating app like Raya, and she agreed to give it a go. "And I’m going to get back in touch and let you know how it went," she said.
"I’m definitely not so adventurous as I was, but I’m still curious," she said. "I like the way the world spins."
"I had a friend who was an avid practitioner of online dating and she met a terrific guy," she said. "But I don’t know if I’m in the right position to be dating online."
The Times reporter Julia Llewellyn Smith then encouraged Harry to try her hand at a celebrity-friendly dating app like Raya, and she agreed to give it a go. "And I’m going to get back in touch and let you know how it went," she said.
"I’m definitely not so adventurous as I was, but I’m still curious," she said. "I like the way the world spins."
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