I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
The thing with playing live is, most of the audience is in their 20s and 30s. If you're older than that, you don't tend to go out to shows anymore. So it's good if you can attract a younger audience… — 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