I sit around and play acoustic guitar - usually acoustic, sometimes electric, occasionally piano, but more often guitar, just trying to come up with tunes. Ideas kind of pop into your head. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I suppose ever since I was about 14, I remember listening to "Sgt. Pepper's," and I remember thinking, "how do you possibly write songs like that?" I remember starting to try and write songs around that age, but just sitting… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I don't walk off and come back for encores. I figure I can add four weeks to my life that way. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
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… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I can't remember too much about the '80s, to be honest with you... I wish that weren't true, but it is. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I'd love to have a hit record. I don't believe anyone that says they wouldn't like that. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
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… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I like to let the songs speak so that they can go through some kind of rebirth as you play them. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I sit around and play acoustic guitar - usually acoustic, sometimes electric, occasionally piano, but more often guitar, just trying to come up with… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
