Chris Rea

Eric Clapton's scales - when he comes off a high note and it's time for a refrain or a little bit of…

— Chris Rea

I actually, truly do love my family. It's not a public relations exercise.

— Chris Rea

Nothing was ever clean enough for my father. You could never clean as good as he could; you could never clean as…

— Chris Rea

Being on the road isn't hell - it's pure pleasure now.

— Chris Rea

My father used to control the wholesale of many ice-cream items in Middlesbrough. He was central distributor for most of the region.

— Chris Rea

This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway, oh no, this is the road to hell.

— Chris Rea

Music is a saviour for me.

— Chris Rea

I think all the business stuff - the promotion, the hype, the high-power lunches, and the permanently injected smiles - is boring.

— Chris Rea

I never had a desire to be famous.

— Chris Rea

You can waste a whole lifetime Trying to be What you think is expected of you But youll never be free

— Chris Rea

That is the music that I have always wanted to play: real, genuine guitar music.

— Chris Rea

I'm lucky to be alive. I'm one of only 40 people who have survived the surgery I had, and when you've been…

— Chris Rea

If the heads of all the music companies had known about music and about Chris Rea fans, they wouldn't have worried about…

— Chris Rea

I've given up my Ferrari - the idea of going through my village in a 488... You can't drive them on English roads.

— Chris Rea

In a funny way, the illness spurred me on. I thought to myself, 'I've got to get through this operation to make…

— Chris Rea

It's bleak behind the Iron Curtain, although they do have the strongest vodka I've ever had in my life.

— Chris Rea

My daughter is 15. None of her friends know who the hell Chris Rea is, but they know that song - as…

— Chris Rea

Rather than missing home when I'm on tour, I miss tour when I'm at home.

— Chris Rea

To say that losing your pancreas is a sad thing is not an overstatement. They had to take my pancreas away, my…

— Chris Rea

The first time I arrived in Hollywood for the Grammy Awards, I thought I'd bump into people who mattered, such as Ry…

— Chris Rea

None of my heroes were big rock stars, and I thought, 'This isn't how it's meant to be.' It wasn't about making…

— Chris Rea

I didn't start until I was 21, and most people I know were 13 when they had their first guitar - I…

— Chris Rea

I bought a Hofner guitar and amplifier for 32 guineas, then spent ages trying to make a bottleneck. At that point, I…

— Chris Rea

Once I faced the fact I was going to deal with illness for the rest of my life, I got on with…

— Chris Rea

Ferraris are lovely cars, but I just don't want to be seen in them.

— Chris Rea