Jimmy Barnes Quotes

Jimmy Barnes

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 28, 1956

Where I lived in Glasgow looked like Dresden after the war. It was a bomb site. I don't think I'd ever played football on grass until I moved to Australia.

Jimmy Barnes

I know I've made a lot of mistakes, but I've done some good things along the way.

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 be a successful singer, trying to write good songs, trying to be a better person. It's that old thing about life being about the journey, not the destination.

Jimmy Barnes

My dad was a womaniser, a gambler. He was violent. They thought if they left Scotland, they would leave the problems behind.

Jimmy Barnes

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

Jimmy Barnes

People change naturally when they have children.

Jimmy Barnes

I never take for granted how great Australia is and how well I have been treated here, so thank you for this chance at making a good life.

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 work, and there's chaos all around me, then I'll shut my eyes, and boom! I slot into the zone. It's like the eye of the hurricane. Everything is easy, and I'm capable of doing things I didn't know I was.

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My dad was a prize fighter in his youth. My boxing skills are very limited. I did train for most of my youth but couldn't really see the point of getting punched in the head. I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I do enjoy the sport in its purest form. As a child, my heroes were my dad and Muhammad Ali.

Jimmy Barnes

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

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As a teenager, I didn't really think about anything. I was just stumbling around trying to find something.

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I think I got stamina from my dad, although he didn't have a lot of drive.

Jimmy Barnes

Cold Chisel had their moments, but basically, they were all decent, quiet chaps. I was just a lunatic. Those guys didn't know what had hit them when I joined the band.

Jimmy Barnes

I used to think anyone with abandonment issues was a waste of space. But you do need to get help. Blokes don't talk about those things. It's a taboo in the bloke world.

Jimmy Barnes

My childhood in Adelaide was filled with sport. I played soccer from morning until night.

Jimmy Barnes

If there was one thing I tried to instil in my children as they were growing up, it was that you get nothing for nothing. You have to work hard to get any rewards. That applies in music or whatever you choose to do. The same goes in relationships; you will only get back what you put in.

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I find that cooking is relaxing and makes me feel at home.

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I don't want to become a laid-back artist by any stretch of the imagination.

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I'm an immigrant.

Jimmy Barnes

Politicians have been spreading fear, saying if we're letting in refugees, we're letting in terrorists. It's not the truth. We've got to recognise the difference between terrorism and people who are refugees; people who are struggling.

Jimmy Barnes