64 Quotes by Colin Hay

I tend to write, either myself, or I sometimes write with a co-writer, my friend that lives up the road. It’s usually a relatively solitary thing, but I do like coming up with ideas.

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

I do like writing songs in a band. When it’s rock, it’s such a different kind of dynamic, obviously.

Sometimes there’s a general arc that you want to try and get better the longer you do something.

It strikes me there’s a bunch of people in power who have really strong intentions of running the world and adjusting the world to exactly how they see it.

I find that, rather than the cities, I’m very lucky because the audiences that come and see me are very, generally speaking, truly kind, so I have a great time playing everywhere.

You don’t want to get worse at something.

I sit around and play acoustic guitar – usually acoustic, sometimes electric, occasionally piano, but more often guitar, just trying to come up with tunes. Ideas kind of pop into your head.

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 Chef', 'Project Runway', and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.'