Early Life
The son of a farmer, Myatt attended art school and discovered a talent for mimicking other artists' styles but at first only painted for amusement and for friends. He worked as a songwriter for a time and wrote the single "Silly Games", a UK Top 40 hit for Janet Kay in 1979. He later worked as a teacher in Staffordshire.
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