Quotes by Colin Hay

About Colin Hay:

Colin James Hay is a Scottish Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the Australian band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Regarding his solo career, Hay stated, in 2011: "I feel like it's been building for the last fifteen or so years that I’ve been touring. It's slow and steady. It's been word-of-mouth. People see the show, like it, and tell their friends. It feels very organic."
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People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same. We've obviously made some changes. When we started, it was all about food, clothing and shelter. Now we watch 'Top Ch...

Colin Hay

I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do.

Colin Hay

I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.

Colin Hay

Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go to find something - to find happiness or to realize their dreams. So it has that kind of quality of heroism and heartache,...

Colin Hay

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know?

Colin Hay

I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years - you've got to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and then go on your merry way and start again, in a sense, and that's what I've been doing.

Colin Hay

I don't walk off and come back for encores. I figure I can add four weeks to my life that way.

Colin Hay

I'd love to have a hit record. I don't believe anyone that says they wouldn't like that.

Colin Hay

Most people remember me for a couple of tunes.

Colin Hay

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Colin Hay

I can't remember too much about the '80s, to be honest with you... I wish that weren't true, but it is.

Colin Hay

I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.

Colin Hay

I just want to be a better guitar player, really.

Colin Hay

It's frustrating to do albums that you think are worth listening to, but it's just so difficult to cut through.

Colin Hay

In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky.

Colin Hay

I play in a lot of empty rooms.

Colin Hay

I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.

Colin Hay

I had a very strange career. I mean I went from playing to 150,000 people in 1983/84. Three or four years later I was playing to four people, you know, in Melbourne. I thought - bit strange, you know bit odd, bit erratic.

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My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

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I've got a long-term plan.

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Author Bio

  • NameColin Hay
  • DescriptionAustralian musician and actor
  • BornJune 29, 1953
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionSinger