103 Quotes by Jimmy Barnes

'Working Class Man' is my second memoir and is a continuation of my story from where 'Working Class Boy' left off. The book is really an attempt at explaining the impact of my childhood on myself and the ones I loved as an adult.

In 1972, I climbed out of my bedroom window and ran away from home with my older sister and her friends to go to the infamous Sunbury rock festival.

I'm really happy with the way I am, and I've got a fantastic family and a great life, and I don't need anything else.

For me, 'Soul Deep' wasn't an easy thing to do.

If anything, I label myself as sort of Buddhist. My wife Jane is Buddhist.

The music industry is quite brutal and quite harsh and can be spirit shattering, but it's an honour to be a musician because your job is to make sure people enjoy themselves; to make people forget about their troubles.

All the religions are basically good, but there's something about organised religion that leads to corruptness and poison.

I'm not running out of inspiration.

When I first started, all the reviews of Cold Chisel would say, 'This singer won't have a voice in six months.'