Jimmy Barnes Quotes

Jimmy Barnes

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 28, 1956

Around 2001, I went to rehab in Arizona, and I started to see what was going on and how the past affected me. I started to get a grip on it. But over the next decade, I reverted to the behaviour I used to protect myself when I was young - being mindless, being defeatist and full of bravado.

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 a tourist.

Jimmy Barnes

Where I grew up, there were times when we didn't have anything to eat.

Jimmy Barnes

I always thought I could be brave and charge at things and smash 'em and walk away, but it takes courage to sit and look at things and say, 'This is what I am. How do I fix it? How do I live with it?'

Jimmy Barnes

Everything that happened to me as a child was the perfect breeding ground for a rock n' roll singer. It toughened me up. I was on edge; I was needy. I needed people to like me 'cause it made me feel safe... and that gave me confidence.

Jimmy Barnes

You see politicians talking about negative gearing or tax on your second home - most people I knew growing up couldn't afford the rent, let alone buying a house, or a second house.

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It's a real bloke thing, not talking to people because it's not manly to get help.

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Everything affects you, and it doesn't measure how tough you are by being a rock and sitting by yourself. People need to talk. It's not a sign of weakness.

Jimmy Barnes

No matter how much poverty you grow up with, you shouldn't be subjected to violence and abuse.

Jimmy Barnes

I like people of faith, and I believe the more people who have spirituality, the better the world will be. It's about peace and tolerance.

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When I came to Australia, it was like heaven.

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We still had all our problems growing up as a struggling immigrant family, but Australia was like a breath of fresh air, literally. Playing on grass, having good schools - trees. I didn't even know trees where I'd come from. So from the day I got here, I've loved Australia.

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I keep my Scottish connection. I know where I was born, and that's an important part of my history, and I think all immigrants are the same. But if I could live anywhere in the world, it would be Australia.

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The Internet has been a godsend and a nightmare for the music industry.

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Thais are one of the nicest people I've ever met. It's not called the land of smiles for nothing.

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Kids are the best thing ever.

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Life is good.

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Don't take your friends for granted or that everyone is going to be OK.

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Kids grow up, and they still need you.

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

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