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
We had this thing that hometown gigs were the best and the worst because there was this unbearable pressure. — 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
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 was happy living in a high-rise council estate in Glasgow up until our sixth album. — Jim Kerr Album 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
When you go though the door to the big league, your band is no longer your band. I wouldn't want anyone to… — Jim Kerr Attitude Copy Share Image
It's a mysterious thing, music. You're just never sure. You 'get' it, but does anyone else even get a chance to know… — Jim Kerr Chance Copy Share Image
Glaswegians have always loved the finer things but with the emergence of good shopping and such like we're finding it easier to… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Especially in Europe - the States also, where you've got that landmass - but in Europe cultures and landscapes change within a… — Jim Kerr Change 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… — Jim Kerr Family Copy Share Image
You know, one minute you're in fashion and then you're completely out of fashion, but if you hang around long enough and… — Jim Kerr Desperate Copy Share Image
I don't think you are ever prepared for success with bands like Simple Minds and U2. It wasn't until your fourth or… — Jim Kerr Bands Copy Share Image
Rockfield is a famous studio where we recorded early Simple Minds songs. It holds a bit of our own history and Queen… — Jim Kerr Bohemian rhapsody Copy Share Image
It was the mid-80s and we were on the verge of making it big all over the world, having just released Sparkle… — Jim Kerr 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
I'm enjoying the frenetic pace of this changing world and yet within that hanging on quietly but quite stoically to the same… — 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… — Jim Kerr Being 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
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
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
