When we started in the late 70s, I don't think it's unfair to say Glasgow was on its knees. It was the end of the industrial age and it really was looking to find itself. It had to reinvent itself.… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
For us every gig is a responsibility. We don't want people seeing us then saying, 'They're not as good as The Proclaimers.' — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
I sleep five hours, I get up at 4 A.M., I take three or four cold showers a day. I do things differently. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
When we were growing up the Barrowland was ominous. It had closed down. It was synonymous with Bible John. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
I go to bed at 8 P.M. and get up at 4:30 A.M. Who the hell is gonna live with that? — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
If you speak to Iggy Pop, John Lydon or the Foo Fighters and ask them to name their favourite three gigs I know the… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
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.… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
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?… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
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.' — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an ethic that… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
I am a huge sports fan and could easily reel off a load of sports stars who became idols to me. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
