“A vision is best presented as a story that people can relate to.” — Jim Kerr Dreams Copy Share Image
I really believe that if people put everything they have into something, they can really surprise themselves most of the time. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Singing about universal love, peace and freedom is one thing, but it's important to do something if you can. — Jim Kerr Freedom Copy Share Image
I was happy living in a high-rise council estate in Glasgow up until our sixth album. — Jim Kerr Album Copy Share Image
When your band is no longer just your band but is an industry within an industry it can be a lot on… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
I'm intrigued by my own schizoid background which involves Scotland, Ireland and London. — Jim Kerr Ireland Copy Share Image
I've always been somebody who lives on the fringe - geographically or whatever. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
We had this thing that hometown gigs were the best and the worst because there was this unbearable pressure. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Like everyone else, when you start out you must begin from a position of being completely unknown. No option. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
We have always been a big success as parents and I get on well, always have, with my exes - and had… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
I got into incense the first time I visited Japan with Simple Minds in the 80s, now I stock up every time… — Jim Kerr Escape Copy Share Image
I only want to play shows if I think we are going to sound good and I only want to release albums… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
With hindsight, it is easy to understand why Nelson Mandela became a heroic symbol to an entire generation as he used his… — Jim Kerr Apartheid Copy Share Image
How can Bono, having graced concert stages for over two decades, draped in the white flag of peace and screaming 'No More… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
John Hughes and his movie 'The Breakfast Club' gave us above all the thrilling opportunity that everyone who starts a band dreams… — Jim Kerr Adventure 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… — Jim Kerr Being Copy Share Image
In the case of 'Walk Between Worlds,' I'm happy to say that it was one of those records that when we were… — Jim Kerr End of the day Copy Share Image
For us, the world makes sense through music, and we escape through it, too. — Jim Kerr Escape Copy Share Image
When we decided we wanted to do something, we did it 100 percent. When we decided we wanted to make it big… — Jim Kerr America Copy Share Image
I never really left Glasgow. No doubt I've spent most of my grown-up life away from the city but I've always had… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
We're honored - honored that we've been part of something that certainly, in terms of '80s pop culture in America, people have… — Jim Kerr America Copy Share Image
We just knew that we wanted to be in a band. We wanted to be in a great live band and we… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Like most classic bands, we only do an album every three or four years but that leaves a lot of down-time. And… — Jim Kerr Bands 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… — Jim Kerr Ethos Copy Share Image
I was into the 'Dennis The Menace' comic strip long before I got into music, and it still makes me chuckle. — Jim Kerr Comic Copy Share Image
To have a broad range is one thing, but to still have the Simple Minds identity is quite remarkable. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
I don't like to look back. But those occasions with zeros on the end are a good opportunity to reflect. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
By 1980, we'd been round Europe three or four times, and our eyes were wide open. — Jim Kerr Europe Copy Share Image
I try not to be one of these dads who foists their innate good taste onto their children. — Jim Kerr Children Copy Share Image
I remember during the making of 'New Gold Dream' thinking, 'We're our own guys now.' — Jim Kerr Dream Copy Share Image
You don't know you've got a hit when you write it - because music is all subjective, you know? — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
