Jim Kerr Quotes
In my experience, heroes can come with many different profiles, including some whose stories become known worldwide and, indeed, become part of history.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
The concert stage is where Simple Minds do their best work, it is where we forged our live reputation.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
Punk was a very liberating force.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
With hindsight, it is easy to understand why Nelson Mandela became a heroic symbol to an entire generation as he used his newly gained freedom to lead South Africa out of the shackles of apartheid.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I've always been somebody who lives on the fringe - geographically or whatever.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I'm not an easy one when it comes to nostalgia - as long as I've got a new idea I'll always think that this is the best song we've ever written and all that.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I don't think you are ever prepared for success with bands like Simple Minds and U2. It wasn't until your fourth or fifth album that you really got that big-league success. It doesn't happen overnight, so you get used to it.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I have the most beautiful memories of 'New Gold Dream.' It was made in a time between spring and summer, and everything we tried worked. There were no arguments. We were in love with what we were doing, playing it, listening to it.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I'm not ideal marrying fodder.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I'd always been interested in the idea of the outsider.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
It was great to see the Berlin Wall come down.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I don't like to look back. But those occasions with zeros on the end are a good opportunity to reflect.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
There's nothing that gives more satisfaction than playing live.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
You don't plan 'La la la's.' They just pop out. Bowie and Marc Bolan littered many of their songs with 'La la's.'
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I am not really that extravagant.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
For us, the world makes sense through music, and we escape through it, too.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
Being in the studio for the first time was a daunting process. I didn't know what the engineers did. A mix? What's a mix? We didn't know what we were doing, but fortunately, we knew people who did.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an ethic that went with it.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
It's a mysterious thing, music. You're just never sure. You 'get' it, but does anyone else even get a chance to know it exists? And if they do, are they gonna feel about it like you feel? When they do, it feels great.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
I think that dreamers are the most powerful people in the world.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer
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