--- title: "1 1966 World Quotes By Jim Kerr" description: "1 1966 World quotes by Jim Kerr. Plus more from Jim Kerr and more 1966 World sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/jim-kerr-5286_family_my-first-ever-game-was-at-the-1966-world_126318.jpg" --- > [My first-ever game was at the 1966 World Cup. The old man was a bricklayer's labourer, on a job in the north-east of England. One weekend the rest of the family went down to see him and he took me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/my-first-ever-game-was-at-the-1966-world-cup-the-old-man-was-a/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/jim-kerr-5286_family_my-first-ever-game-was-at-the-1966-world_126318.jpg) ## More by Jim Kerr > [For us every gig is a responsibility. We don't want people seeing us then saying, 'They're not as good as The Proclaimers.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/for-us-every-gig-is-a-responsibility-we-don-t-want-people-seeing-us/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [I sleep five hours, I get up at 4 A.M., I take three or four cold showers a day. I do things differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/i-sleep-five-hours-i-get-up-at-4-a-m-i-take-three-or-four-cold/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [I mean, the thing with Simple Minds is that there's many Simple Minds within Simple Minds. There was definitely an electronic art-rock phase; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/i-mean-the-thing-with-simple-minds-is-that-there-s-many-simple-minds/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [When we were growing up the Barrowland was ominous. It had closed down. It was synonymous with Bible John.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/when-we-were-growing-up-the-barrowland-was-ominous-it-had-closed-down/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [I go to bed at 8 P.M. and get up at 4:30 A.M. Who the hell is gonna live with that?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/i-go-to-bed-at-8-p-m-and-get-up-at-4-30-a-m-who-the-hell-is-gonna/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [If you speak to Iggy Pop, John Lydon or the Foo Fighters and ask them to name their favourite three gigs I know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/if-you-speak-to-iggy-pop-john-lydon-or-the-foo-fighters-and-ask-them/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [My first-ever game was at the 1966 World Cup. The old man was a bricklayer's labourer, on a job in the north-east of England.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/my-first-ever-game-was-at-the-1966-world-cup-the-old-man-was-a/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [I'd always been interested in the idea of the outsider.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/i-d-always-been-interested-in-the-idea-of-the-outsider/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [Being in the studio for the first time was a daunting process. I didn't know what the engineers did. A mix? What's a mix?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/being-in-the-studio-for-the-first-time-was-a-daunting-process-i-didn/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [I think it's because of dreamers that the world turns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/i-think-it-s-because-of-dreamers-that-the-world-turns/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [Every generation has its soundtrack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/every-generation-has-its-soundtrack/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [As for my all-time sporting hero? There is one who towers above all. I first knew him when he was called Cassius Clay but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/as-for-my-all-time-sporting-hero-there-is-one-who-towers-above-all-i/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [You don't plan 'La la la's.' They just pop out. Bowie and Marc Bolan littered many of their songs with 'La la's.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/you-don-t-plan-la-la-la-s-they-just-pop-out-bowie-and-marc-bolan/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an ethic that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/when-that-punk-strain-came-to-britain-and-infected-everyone-it-was/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) > [I am a huge sports fan and could easily reel off a load of sports stars who became idols to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/i-am-a-huge-sports-fan-and-could-easily-reel-off-a-load-of-sports/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/1966-world/jim-kerr/#itemlist", "name": "1 1966 World Quotes By Jim Kerr", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My first-ever game was at the 1966 World Cup. The old man was a bricklayer's labourer, on a job in the north-east of England. 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