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title: "3 Acoustics Quotes By Colin Hay"
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> [In certain ways I still feel like I'm finding my way. I feel pretty comfortable playing acoustic guitar and singing, but then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/in-certain-ways-i-still-feel-like-i-m-finding-my-way-i-feel-pretty/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

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> [I sit around and play acoustic guitar - usually acoustic, sometimes electric, occasionally piano, but more often guitar, just trying to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-sit-around-and-play-acoustic-guitar-usually-acoustic-sometimes/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/colin-hay-16645_acoustic-guitar_i-sit-around-and-play-acoustic-guitar-us_1124793.jpg)

> [I suppose ever since I was about 14, I remember listening to "Sgt. Pepper's," and I remember thinking, "how do you possibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-suppose-ever-since-i-was-about-14-i-remember-listening-to-sgt/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

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## More by Colin Hay

> [I don't walk off and come back for encores. I figure I can add four weeks to my life that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-don-t-walk-off-and-come-back-for-encores-i-figure-i-can-add-four/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [In certain ways I still feel like I'm finding my way. I feel pretty comfortable playing acoustic guitar and singing, but then I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/in-certain-ways-i-still-feel-like-i-m-finding-my-way-i-feel-pretty/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-feel-pretty-comfortable-in-a-lot-of-different-musical-styles-i-like/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-used-to-drink-a-lot-i-had-to-stop-drinking-because-it-was-getting/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I can't remember too much about the '80s, to be honest with you... I wish that weren't true, but it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-can-t-remember-too-much-about-the-80s-to-be-honest-with-you-i-wish/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-don-t-think-i-m-going-to-change-jobs-at-this-point/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I'd love to have a hit record. I don't believe anyone that says they wouldn't like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-d-love-to-have-a-hit-record-i-don-t-believe-anyone-that-says-they/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I just want to be a better guitar player, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-just-want-to-be-a-better-guitar-player-really/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/well-my-thoughts-about-california-are-kind-of-mythological-to-me-as/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I like to let the songs speak so that they can go through some kind of rebirth as you play them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-like-to-let-the-songs-speak-so-that-they-can-go-through-some-kind/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I sit around and play acoustic guitar - usually acoustic, sometimes electric, occasionally piano, but more often guitar, just trying to come up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-sit-around-and-play-acoustic-guitar-usually-acoustic-sometimes/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-just-found-over-the-years-that-it-s-very-hard-to-change-people-s/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-was-brought-up-west-southwest-coast-of-scotland-and-my-mother-and/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

> [There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/there-s-a-fine-line-between-character-building-and-soul-destroying/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-hay/i-tend-to-write-either-myself-or-i-sometimes-write-with-a-co-writer/)

[Colin Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-hay/)

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