Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor says music helps him live with the ‘pessimism’ of his ‘incurable’ cancer

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I realised that by talking about it – Duran have quite a large female fanbase, so it’s like, your partner, your boyfriend – give them a nudge, get them a test.” Taylor explained that he had first noticed symptoms when he had been out running: “I started to notice what you would think was a kind of arthritic sort of pain, and I never thought more of it than that.” Taylor had then found lumps which felt like “tumours” on his neck. When asked about how he gets through the day-to-day of living with his diagnosis, he replied: “I just thought about getting the most out of life.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up ‘I just thought about getting the most out of life,’ said Taylor on living with cancer “Then, it was very likely that I wouldn’t get through it at all. Now there’s some new treatments that can help me,” he said, before explaining that he had “made three albums since then” as well as going “on the road with some friends”. Taylor added that music had been key to staying positive: “I think really helped me to live with the pessimism of the incurable disease, but the optimism of making music.”