Top 182 Quotes & Sayings by Rod Stewart - Page 2
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Last updated on April 21, 2025.
I do feel a certain love from the British public.
I got bored of not feeling affectionate towards girls.
Brewing a good cuppa is something not everyone can do, and I loathe bad tea.
My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.
Lyrics are coming to you all the time. I get inspiration in the middle of the night.
I think I was always looking for that perfect woman, who obviously doesn't exist. I wanted to be married. I wanted more kids. I'm a family man, at heart.
I've been out with some extremely beautiful women who have had no sex appeal whatsoever. It really is a lot more than skin deep.
I'm still not good at changing nappies, but I do do it.
As you get older, your metabolism slows down. You've got to admit it. It's nothing to be ashamed of if you have lived your life to the full.
It has gone past me now, the writing phase.
I have lived a great life. I am very happy.
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.
Sometimes I think the playing field is certainly not even. You know, it's just not.
I always thought I was so fit.
I had this almost Dickensian look. I was quite fragile.
There's nobody I look up to, really.
I'll tell you what I love. Sending back bottles of wine that aren't right in restaurants in France! Whoa! I love the French, but I do find their wine snobbery something unbearable.
Songwriting's never been a natural art for me; it's always been a bit of a struggle.
I can't do that wonderful thing that Tom Waits and Bob Dylan do - to do imagery. I'm not good at that. I just write from the heart.
I've always been able to get inside a song really easily, and if it's my song, I can make it seem honest.
I'm shrewd about money; I invest well and look after it. But it's in my nature to be generous. I look after people.
I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.
I want to make people aware of early detection.
I've tried many other hairstyles, but it just doesn't work.
Women like being kissed.
You know my wife, she's 6 ft 1 she can beat anyone up.
I do take a lot of pride in my look and I work out - do work out a lot.
I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.
Everybody sung in my family.
I think, with suits and clothes, if you keep them long enough, they all come back in fashion.
Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful.
I deliberate over the lyrics; I really do. I'll come up with one line in a day, and then it might be a couple of days before I come up with the rhyming line. It's never been easy for me.
I have a voice coach, but only in so much as to make my voice stronger so I can sing for five nights a week, two hours.
Surely if God had meant us to do yoga, he would have put our heads behind our knees.
My life has been an open book, really. Everybody knows everything about me.
I tried therapy. This had never appealed to me. For me, it was a bit like a Chinese meal: very filling at the time, but then an hour later you're hungry again.
There's no reason why I should retire.
Like everybody in show business, you think you're going to wake up one day, and it's all going to be taken away from you. I think we all share an insecurity in that way, everybody in show business - the ones I talk to, anyway.
I am passionate about football. My support for Celtic FC has got me through some hard times in my life. I still play regularly, too.
You know I think I could give a little more back to charity.
I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.
My musical taste has always been wide. I started out as a folky before I moved on to blues and soul.
Obviously, I haven't really progressed that much at my craft.
I've got Ferraris coming out me bum.
I shouldn't have got married. My dad told me. I was 35 and I got married. He said, 'You're too young to be married'. 'What? I'm 35'. Said, 'You're far too young. You haven't lived yet'. He was right, bless him, thanks, Dad.
You can avoid the press if you really want to and I don't walk around with five security guards either because I think that just draws attention.
Between 21-30 women go through humungous changes. After that, they've generally achieved what they wanted, and they're more settled.
I'm a gentleman.
You know, I had no trouble with the girls.
I have a very lively and colourful show. It's two hours of hits and the music speaks for itself.
I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.
I was a bit of a sleeper-inner.
You learn a lot about yourself doing physical work.
I've still got a brilliant head of hair, which refuses to lay down!
I was getting worried I may not become a grandfather, but the Lord has blessed me.
Optimism is my best defense.
May you grow to be proud, dignified, and true, and do unto others as you'd have done to you.
I'm going where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
I can do anything
I've got strength of the soul
And no one's gonna bend or break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith
I've got faith
Faith of the heart
I've still got a brilliant head of hair, which refuses to lay down.
Life is so brief and time is a thief when you're undecided.
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