Jimmy Barnes Quotes

Jimmy Barnes

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 28, 1956

I have very strong memories of my early years. In fact, I remember the house I was born in, and we moved from that house when I was less than ten months old. I have drawn pictures of it and shown my mother, and she was shocked because we have no photos of the place, and I was very accurate.

Jimmy Barnes

My family were very poor. We never owned a house, in fact, we were lucky if we could afford the rent. So when I bought my first home, it was a very emotional time for me.

Jimmy Barnes

I wanted my children to never feel like they were unsafe. I wanted them to have everything they needed.

Jimmy Barnes

I can't stand a house to be dirty or even messy, even. I am a bit OCD. Wash the dishes when you finish eating.

Jimmy Barnes

Songs are like sign posts in my life.

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 rumbling so we couldn't concentrate.

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I love playing live.

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 can remain true to what you do, I don't see why you can't keep doing it.

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I was actually wilder before I joined Cold Chisel. I was really wild.

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

Jimmy Barnes

Iggy Pop is legendary - he is awesome - and I am a massive Bruce Springsteen fan. His song 'Cautious Man' is my favourite song. It's really poignant, dark, and moody, like myself.

Jimmy Barnes

I'm good at maintaining a face. If you've got that bravado, and people expect anything from you, then you'll get away with anything.

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One of my major regrets was that period in my life where I wasn't present in my kids' life. I was in another world.

Jimmy Barnes

In the 1970s, we got a Labor government that put more emphasis on trade with Asia; the Vietnam war ended, and refugees were coming in. We were more part of Asia than America and the rest of the world. There was the proximity, for a start - all these countries and cultures just north of us. It just made sense that that's what we were part of.

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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 anything else.

Jimmy Barnes

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

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The music industry is quite brutal and quite harsh and can be spirit shattering, but it's an honour to be a musician because your job is to make sure people enjoy themselves; to make people forget about their troubles.

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I'm not running out of inspiration.

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, and they'd be talking all this music theory, and the teacher would say, 'Let's ask our guest Jimmy what he thinks,' and I'd be sitting there thinking, 'Please don't ask me, please don't ask me.'

Jimmy Barnes