The concert stage is where Simple Minds do their best work, it is where we forged our live reputation. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Glasgow is weird city that makes you a bit of a fighter and we have always tried to push ahead. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
If you're in a band, you can dress like a daft teenager for as long as you like. In fact, it's expected… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
If you speak to Iggy Pop, John Lydon or the Foo Fighters and ask them to name their favourite three gigs I… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
The issues are always the same. Racism, war, poverty, the geography changes. — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
For us every gig is a responsibility. We don't want people seeing us then saying, 'They're not as good as The Proclaimers.' — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
I go to bed at 8 P.M. and get up at 4:30 A.M. Who the hell is gonna live with that? — Jim Kerr 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
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
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
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
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
As for my all-time sporting hero? There is one who towers above all. I first knew him when he was called Cassius… — Jim Kerr Cassius clay Copy Share Image
We have audiences within our audiences who only care about the greatest hits - but new material brings vitality to the set,… — Jim Kerr Audiences Copy Share Image
I think within our music there is a real strong idea of search, search for identity, search for place, search for time,… — Jim Kerr Identity Copy Share Image
What it boils down to is that we look for a melody and we look for a lyric, and we look for… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
We did all those memorable iconic gigs at The Barrowlands and Ibrox and I remember Tiffany's because it was the first time… — Jim Kerr Dad Copy Share Image
When we started in the late 70s, I don't think it's unfair to say Glasgow was on its knees. It was the… — Jim Kerr Age Copy Share Image
I'm not an easy one when it comes to nostalgia - as long as I've got a new idea I'll always think… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
In my experience, heroes can come with many different profiles, including some whose stories become known worldwide and, indeed, become part of… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
When I'm touring, everything is so structured and I'm surrounded by people all the time, so I love walking on my own… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
I love playing shows and travelling - but I'm not about to cart myself around the world with inferior product. I just… — Jim Kerr Around the world Copy Share Image
