Chris de Burgh Quotes

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Chris de Burgh

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 15, 1948

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

Chris de Burgh

I'm not a great meat eater - I eat it twice a week. But I can't stand fish - my mother says it's because I got a fish bone stuck in my throat when I was little.

Chris de Burgh

After university, I set out to see if I could make a career in music. It was a tough journey at first, but by the time I was 23 I'd been signed by A&M Records.

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I made loads of English and Irish friends at university and all they wanted to do was have a good time.

Chris de Burgh

The relationship between parents and children who live together is a growing one, and it shifts every day, especially during the teenage years.

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Music was my first love, and at Marlborough we put bands together and sang the pop songs of the day. Although I couldn't read or write music - I still can't - I taught myself to play the guitar and piano by listening to songs and working out the chords.

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I'm a strong believer in the importance of energies - ley lines, energy streams, whatever you wish to call them - within a house. They can affect your health as well as your happiness.

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I always bring divining rods when I'm on tour because you can change energy streams by moving furniture around your hotel room.

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When I'm home I love to get the wellies on and take the dog for a walk.

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I've been to Australia, Russia and many of places I wanted to see as a child. But I've never visited India. I've had many invitations to play there but it hasn't worked out. People say it's beautiful, but I think I'd react badly to the poverty.

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I've been travelling all my life.

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A lot of people think they can become world stars overnight.

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If you love yourself there's plenty left for everyone else. You just have to deflect natsy things.

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I've 300 other songs, but 'Lady In Red' is just one of them. Funnily enough, in America, it is massive, but most people wouldn't have a clue who Chris de Burgh was.

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Most years, I do 70 or 80 concerts.

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I know journalists like to think that they are read by people like me, but I don't read them.

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I'm very good to my wife. I never go home.

Chris de Burgh

Quite simply, to win Miss World is not a ticket to millions and I've read that so many times.

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My wife and I are rock solid together and, curiously enough, always have been.

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