Just because you sell millions of records it doesn't guarantee bums on seats. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I never complete a song until I'm actually going to make a record. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I think if every song I had was, 'I love you, you love me,' there would be a problem. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Success isn't dependent on the market place, because I can't control that. It's about completing a good song. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
When it comes to my songs I'm confident. Back in 1967, I would go to a publisher's office, and tell them they… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Success for me is to write what I think is a good song. When I'm pleased with it, that, for me, is… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
It's very easy to think about rhymes and just usage of words that sound good but don't mean anything. Basically, I try… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I always take a teapot with me on tour. I suppose it's only natural that I've just written a song called 'Where… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Nothing Rhymed,' my first single in England, was a nice ballad, which I thought would sound like a songwriter typical of the… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I used to get these reviews in American newspapers saying that they didn't understand what my lyrics were about. I saw that… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Whenever I write lyrics and an Americanism slips in, I always cut it straight out. I can't use the word 'babe,' for… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
The measure of success was writing a song, recording it and for it being in the hit parade in England. Success was… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Doing the Best I Can' is a sure fire hit. Incredibly commercial. But what could you say about it? Catchy and good… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I was one of six children, brought up by my mother in Swindon after my father died. We had all we needed… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
The quality of my songs will get through to people. They are good songs. Lyrically, some of them are interesting: there's stories,… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I don't like people who make records and then don't ever perform. If you are going to make a record it's important… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
There are two types of session guitar players. One reads and only plays what the 'dots' say. The other adds that something… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I've never recorded anyone else's songs. I'm not interested. If you gave me a song by Bono and Edge and promised me… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
The basis of everything I do is down to the song. If I don't have the song I don't sing, and if… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
The Beatles changed everything . I knew I couldn't compete, couldn't be as cool, so I went completely the other way. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Lennon and McCartney became great songwriters because they were prepared to listen to and learn from all types of music. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Whenever I write lyrics and an Americanism slips in, I always cut it straight out. I can't use the word 'babe,' for instance. It… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
The music is the thing. I am not writing for critics; I don't want to become a personality. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
The writing is everything of course but you can't be making records and not be willing to go out there and perform. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
The perception that if you're not on 'Top Of The Pops' you're dead and buried is a good one for pop music, because 'TOTP'… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
I'd love to see myself on sale in shops. It tickles me, does the idea of me being marketed. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
Nothing Rhymed,' my first single in England, was a nice ballad, which I thought would sound like a songwriter typical of the day -… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
I think if every song I had was, 'I love you, you love me,' there would be a problem. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
What I would hate to go through is what happened in the mid-90s playing in front of a half-empty theatre, which prompted me to… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
When I started out I thought just hearing one of my records on the radio would be magical. Fortunately, that naivety has always stayed… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
You see, I read reviews of people like Paul Simon, and they don't talk about the fact that he's looking old or whether he… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
At school, I was basically a loner, it was hard until I was 15 or so. Then I went to art school and was… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share
