Chris Rea

Music is a saviour for me.

— Chris Rea

You do some crazy things when you're young.

— Chris Rea

Save your tears, you've got years.

— Chris Rea

I never had a desire to be famous.

— Chris Rea

I didn't have any aspirations to be famous at all.

— Chris Rea

My family is the No. 1 priority. Next is the motor-racing season.

— Chris Rea

You can waste a whole lifetime Trying to be What you think is expected of you But youll never be free

— Chris Rea

I have found out who are my real friends, thanks to the illness and hospitals.

— Chris Rea

The Italian side of my family were gypsies, and we are little hard so-and-sos.

— Chris Rea

I actually, truly do love my family. It's not a public relations exercise.

— Chris Rea

I spend as much time as I can in my garden, and if I'm not writing songs or gardening, I'm painting.

— Chris Rea

The thing that frustrated me is that some people think success is all measured by money.

— Chris Rea

Rather than missing home when I'm on tour, I miss tour when I'm at home.

— Chris Rea

Touring is easy. My wife will be with me a lot of the time. We get spoilt rotten, and all I have…

— Chris Rea

To say that losing your pancreas is a sad thing is not an overstatement. They had to take my pancreas away, my…

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I played a gig at the Montreax Jazz Festival once - and on a song called 'It's All Gone,' I had to…

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Five times a week, I do two hours running and gym work. That's to help with things like blood circulation. Also, it…

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None of my heroes were big rock stars, and I thought, 'This isn't how it's meant to be.' It wasn't about making…

— Chris Rea

Nothing was ever clean enough for my father. You could never clean as good as he could; you could never clean as…

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I read an article about 60 being the new 30 the other week, and I think it's very true. Our generation has…

— Chris Rea

If I'm ever stuck on the M25 - the 'Road to Hell' - I'll wind the window down and start singing, 'I'm…

— Chris Rea

I'm lucky to be alive. I'm one of only 40 people who have survived the surgery I had, and when you've been…

— Chris Rea

The first time I arrived in Hollywood for the Grammy Awards, I thought I'd bump into people who mattered, such as Ry…

— Chris Rea

Charley Patton is the original inspiration. I didn't play anything when I was a kid. Then, when I was 20, I went…

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My ambition, a long time ago, was to be a film music writer. A compromise then was to be the guy who…

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My daughter is 15. None of her friends know who the hell Chris Rea is, but they know that song - as…

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I bought a Hofner guitar and amplifier for 32 guineas, then spent ages trying to make a bottleneck. At that point, I…

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'Fool If You Think It's Over' is still the only song I've ever not played guitar on, but it just so happened…

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it's not until you become seriously ill and you nearly die and you're at home for 6 months, that you suddenly stop…

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“I was born and raised on steel river I see it all like it was yesterday The ships and bridges they were…

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Ferraris are lovely cars, but I just don't want to be seen in them.

— Chris Rea

I will be happy if I am 60 because I was not supposed to be 60.

— Chris Rea

That's why I've never made a live album - I can't bear listening to myself!

— Chris Rea

That is the music that I have always wanted to play: real, genuine guitar music.

— Chris Rea

I made a lot of money, but you can dangerously let it lead you on. It depends what company you keep.

— Chris Rea

This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway, oh no, this is the road to hell.

— Chris Rea

It's impossible for a couple to bring up two children without having lots and lots of arguments.

— Chris Rea

Back in 1997, I got to race a Ferrari at the famous Monza circuit in Italy - a dream come true.

— Chris Rea

As soon as I paid the mortgage off in 1988, I started racing cars.

— Chris Rea

I've always felt that if people just came to one of my gigs, all would be revealed.

— Chris Rea