When I started out I thought just hearing one of my records on the radio would be magical. Fortunately, that naivety has… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
You see, I read reviews of people like Paul Simon, and they don't talk about the fact that he's looking old or… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I quite like the idea of performing in front of people that don't like me. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
It's all very well making records, but the joy of performing is that you get to meet people who give you instant… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
What I can't understand is why people still won't give me the credibility that I look for. If Mojo or any other… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
It's ridiculous that people would judge my songs based on what I wore, but that's how it is... superficial. I don't really… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I've only recorded my own songs. I don't consider myself a great singer, so I wouldn't be comfortable interpreting other people's songs. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I don't like people who make records and then don't ever perform. If you are going to make a record it's important… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Whenever I write lyrics and an Americanism slips in, I always cut it straight out. I can't use the word 'babe,' for instance. It… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
The music is the thing. I am not writing for critics; I don't want to become a personality. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
The writing is everything of course but you can't be making records and not be willing to go out there and perform. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
The perception that if you're not on 'Top Of The Pops' you're dead and buried is a good one for pop music, because 'TOTP'… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I'd love to see myself on sale in shops. It tickles me, does the idea of me being marketed. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Nothing Rhymed,' my first single in England, was a nice ballad, which I thought would sound like a songwriter typical of the day -… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I think if every song I had was, 'I love you, you love me,' there would be a problem. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
What I would hate to go through is what happened in the mid-90s playing in front of a half-empty theatre, which prompted me to… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
