Jimmy Barnes

I'm an immigrant.

— Jimmy Barnes

I hate fear politics.

— Jimmy Barnes

I was probably born an alcoholic.

— Jimmy Barnes

Kids are the best thing ever.

— Jimmy Barnes

I have always loved soul singers.

— Jimmy Barnes

I love playing live.

— Jimmy Barnes

Jim Swan was my father, but Reg Barnes was my dad.

— Jimmy Barnes

For me, 'Soul Deep' wasn't an easy thing to do.

— Jimmy Barnes

You should fight for every breath you have.

— Jimmy Barnes

I love my mum and dad, but they were shocking providers and carers.

— Jimmy Barnes

I think it's criminal the way poverty is allowed to flourish.

— Jimmy Barnes

I was lucky I was blessed with the constitution of a horse.

— Jimmy Barnes

Songs are like sign posts in my life.

— Jimmy Barnes

We all do the best with what we have.

— Jimmy Barnes

My mum and dad came from lower-working-class Glasgow, which was tough. Literally, if you see a cat there with a tail, it's…

— Jimmy Barnes

I always wanted to be in a rock band, but I wanted to sing like a soul singer.

— Jimmy Barnes

I learned that the public and the press don't need to know everything about you, or they might turn on you.

— Jimmy Barnes

The best times in Cold Chisel were when we were all in the back of the car together, us against the world.

— Jimmy Barnes

All the religions are basically good, but there's something about organised religion that leads to corruptness and poison.

— Jimmy Barnes

It's one of the beautiful things about Australia that people do get to share this life here, away from trouble.

— Jimmy Barnes

When I was 18 in Cold Chisel, I didn't want to make it to 21. Who wants to be that old?

— Jimmy Barnes

I'm really happy with the way I am, and I've got a fantastic family and a great life, and I don't need…

— Jimmy Barnes

I got to 25, and I thought, 'I'm never going to make 30.' But now I look at it like... if you…

— Jimmy Barnes

There are new children arriving and trying to reach our lucky country every day, and I hope that we can all work…

— Jimmy Barnes

Iggy Pop is legendary - he is awesome - and I am a massive Bruce Springsteen fan. His song 'Cautious Man' is…

— Jimmy Barnes

I grew up in poverty. I was ashamed of the fact, when we were kids, we'd be at school hungry, our stomachs…

— Jimmy Barnes

Jane and I - somehow we fell into each other's arms, and I adored her! I loved her from the minute I…

— Jimmy Barnes

Where I lived in Glasgow looked like Dresden after the war. It was a bomb site. I don't think I'd ever played…

— Jimmy Barnes

'Working Class Man' is my second memoir and is a continuation of my story from where 'Working Class Boy' left off. The…

— Jimmy Barnes

I never take for granted how great Australia is and how well I have been treated here, so thank you for this…

— Jimmy Barnes

If there was one thing I tried to instil in my children as they were growing up, it was that you get…

— Jimmy Barnes

I sat in on some songwriting classes, and it was really bloody hard, a lot of music theory. I'd be sitting there,…

— Jimmy Barnes

My dad was a prize fighter in his youth. My boxing skills are very limited. I did train for most of my…

— Jimmy Barnes

We still had all our problems growing up as a struggling immigrant family, but Australia was like a breath of fresh air,…

— Jimmy Barnes

In the 1970s, we got a Labor government that put more emphasis on trade with Asia; the Vietnam war ended, and refugees…

— Jimmy Barnes

There's something about the energy and the expectations that an audience projects at you. I get up on stage and work and…

— Jimmy Barnes

I have very strong memories of my early years. In fact, I remember the house I was born in, and we moved…

— Jimmy Barnes

Success isn't about reaching your goals; it's about striving for things, like the joy of trying to raise a family, trying to…

— Jimmy Barnes

Partners fall in and out of love, but they still need each other.

— Jimmy Barnes

I'm not running out of inspiration.

— Jimmy Barnes