Top 182 Quotes & Sayings by Rod Stewart
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician Rod Stewart.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.
I enjoyed the chase.
I'm proud to be a railway modeler.
How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?
I became famous, I think, really because of the interpretation of other people's songs, way back when, and that's what I enjoy the most. And I'm a lazy bugger.
You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.
Everybody sings from their diaphragm.
I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.
At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.
It was early detection that saved my voice - and I imagine, my life.
I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.
Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.
I don't enjoy songwriting.
I carry lots of guilt.
I'm just delighted that this woman I love can be a mum again.
You know, it's just my dream came true.
I'm not a natural songwriter.
I do my bit for charity.
I love change, I need it.
Carrying 200 pounds of velvet and satin around a stage for 90 minutes - that's man's work, let me tell you.
I'm not a great lover of Madonna's voice. She's done very well with what she's got, and I'm sure my voice turns her right off, but she's not my favourite singer.
You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing.
I wish I knew what I know now before.
I've tried to have a regular haircut, but it just pops back up again, so this is the way it's going to be.
The first cut is the deepest.
I'm proud to be a railway modeler. It means more to me to be on the cover of Model Railroader than to be on the cover of a music magazine.
I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it's because I'm a real working-class.
I don't think people expect Bruce Springsteen to come out in a pink satin jacket, but Rod Stewart, they do. And I like doing it; I don't wear it just because I think I have to. I'm a very flamboyant person.
Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.
If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.
There is this power that comes with being famous.
You can be with one of the most beautiful women in the world and still be unhappy.
I have enough music coming out of my kids' bedrooms when I'm at home.
I am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.
I was never a good-looking bloke. Not by a long chalk.
I don't have any social life or anything.
A show is like having a climax. It's like having an incredible, natural climax. And then suddenly it's all finished, and you don't know what to do next.
I've never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I'd get married in a minute if I weren't still married to somebody else.
I never feel any aggravation from the public.
I started singing in the bathroom. Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly.
I've been a golden boy for too long.
My big brother still thinks he's a better singer than me.
I've always been worried about the band but I've got to the point now where I think it's time to start thinking about myself a bit more.
Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.
I see myself at 7:30 in the morning and it's not too pretty.
You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.
I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.
Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.
I've never done anything particularly scandalous.
I am a man of contradictions, I suppose.
Well, I've got nothing to hide. Absolutely nothing.
I had this little handheld transistor radio that I used to sleep next to.
Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.
Listen, if my career was to end tomorrow, I would have no complaints whatsoever.
I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.
Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.
Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.
My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.
I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.
Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.
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