Jimmy Barnes Quotes

Jimmy Barnes

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 28, 1956

I hate fear politics.

Jimmy Barnes

I wouldn't give Peter Dutton any of my time. It's a waste of time speaking to someone like him because they just spread lies and propaganda. He doesn't represent me, he doesn't care about people, and I wouldn't give him the time of day, to tell you the truth.

Jimmy Barnes

No matter what day we celebrate Australia Day, let's celebrate it together and give thanks to the original inhabitants of this vast country. We are lucky to be sharing it with them.

Jimmy Barnes

There are new children arriving and trying to reach our lucky country every day, and I hope that we can all work together to help them find their dream, too.

Jimmy Barnes

I've been writing books because it's been my way of dealing with the demons. The act of sitting down and writing the books down has started healing process that's been long overdue.

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

For a long time, it was all about chart position. 'If my record doesn't come in at No. 1, I'm a failure.' I cared too much about what people thought of me, and that was symptomatic of the trauma from my childhood.

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'Working Class Man' is my second memoir and is a continuation of my story from where 'Working Class Boy' left off. The book is really an attempt at explaining the impact of my childhood on myself and the ones I loved as an adult.

Jimmy Barnes

Most people I know think that I'm crazy - but anybody who actually knew Billy Thorpe didn't think that. When I was a young kid growing up in Adelaide, he was a big pop star - a well-dressed, nice young guy seen on television every week. Mums liked him.

Jimmy Barnes

In 1972, I climbed out of my bedroom window and ran away from home with my older sister and her friends to go to the infamous Sunbury rock festival.

Jimmy Barnes

If anything, I label myself as sort of Buddhist. My wife Jane is Buddhist.

Jimmy Barnes

When I first started, all the reviews of Cold Chisel would say, 'This singer won't have a voice in six months.'

Jimmy Barnes

I was probably born an alcoholic.

Jimmy Barnes

I'm hyperactive.

Jimmy Barnes

I'm one of those people who can't sit still. I like to be doing something. I cook; I've been painting.

Jimmy Barnes

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

Jimmy Barnes

I used to think I was tough, but there's a difference between bravado and courage, and I only started to show courage when I began to get help. So now I make a point of telling people, 'Hey, it's a good thing to ask for help, not a bad thing.'

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I know that life is full of lessons to be learned, and my children will have to learn their own, but I hope I have broken the cycle of shame and fear that plagued my childhood.

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

Jimmy Barnes

We're a whole country full of migrants - we need each other, and we should help each other.

Jimmy Barnes