Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Leo Sayer - Page 2

I never had kids, but I married once.

I'm not into 'The Voice.' It's an affair between a television network and a record company.

In my earlier albums like 'Another Year' and 'Just A Boy,' I always saw myself as a bit of a loser - the kind of guy who takes a drink and walks into a wall instead of through the door.

I keep reminding myself I'm the same guy who was lucky enough to get my break because Roger Daltrey commissioned me to write the songs for one of his earlier albums.

Korean audiences are amazing, they really love the music.

I hate art as a be-all and an end-all.

I was never really keen to drive. I was always chauffeured around.

My first two albums, 'Silverbird and 'Just a Boy,' which had the single 'Long Tall Glasses' on it, were very well received. Then I did another one, 'Another Year,' which did miserably.

Where are the John Lennons, the Bob Marleys, the Bob Dylans? Where have they gone?

Blissfully, I don't have the revenge gene.

I have always believed that there is no age factor to this music business. You are only as old as you feel and basically you can be a contender at any time.

I come from a time when music used to make a difference.

I would love to be an Aussie citizen.

Everybody writes about love and cheating and heartbreak. We've done all that.

Because I don't go to showbiz parties, I don't have the right image. The media decides who's in and who's out.

I'm writing a novel about a scallywag who is a bit like me.

I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who don't like Robbie Williams but he is presented to the public in such a way that they have no choice.

Kids in England will stop you on the streets and tell you bluntly they don't care for your current record. But it keeps you down to earth.

I am a big fan of Korean food.

I've always loved what I do and I've always done what I wanted to do... in this business you have got to be yourself.

Australians never give up. That's why I love this place. I never give up.

I am a troubadour, a wandering minstrel.

I believe in not sitting down and taking it easy.

I don't think I ever really sold out, and that made a difference.

In the '70s, Leo-mania was the equivalent of Beatle-mania down there and they still love me. In Australia they still want heroes.

Many performers try to sustain a high point in their careers by keeping themselves around those who are overanxious to tell them how good they are.

I'm a very changeable character. I don't think I've got one style of music that is overriding to me.

Before I got married, I had a girlfriend who ran off in the middle of our relationship with a millionaire. She called from the South of France and said, 'I found one, I'm sorry. That's it. Goodbye!'

It's been hard to gain acceptance in England without the clown makeup because I wore the costume as part of my act for so long.

I am the kind of person who does want very badly to be liked. I'm a right-miserable little show off.

I very much enjoy writing about positive, direct emotions.

I think the worst thing in the world is for artists to produce themselves.

The past is the past: what can you do about it?

I really admire Ed Sheeran. He seems to have really beaten his way through and I think that's fantastic. He's his own man - good for him. But there aren't many of him out there.

That's the nature of the business. You can have a hit and then nothing happens all of a sudden. But I don't resent it. Hits don't make great artists.

All I've ever wanted to do is master my craft. I'm a singer, and I want to be a great singer.

I write from the voice in my head.

I would love the record industry to be more receptive to my music but all they are interested in is style over content.

One of the reasons I had moved to London to pursue my career was that I could go to the clubs in the evening and maybe meet my heroes, people like Donovan and Bert Jansch and Dylan. I actually did see Dylan in a club one night.

I felt quite an affinity with 'Rocky' in my career. It's been like 'fight the business' all the way up.