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Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go to find something - to find happiness or to realize their dreams. So it has that kind of quality of heroism and heartache, and Australia has that, as well.

~Colin Hay

Topics: About Australia Being California Dreams Find Go Happiness Heartache Heroism Kind Me People Place Quality Real Real Place Realize Something Thoughts Well Where

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In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky.

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Topics: About Always Angry Beautiful Even Had Just Rain Raining Scotland Sky Very

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People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same. We've obviously made some changes. When we started, it was all about food, clothing and shelter. Now we watch 'Top Chef', 'Project Runway', and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.'

~Colin Hay

Topics: About Because Began Boring Changed Changes Chef Clothing Edition Extreme Food History Home Made Makeover Now Obviously People People Say Project Runway Same Say Shelter Since Some Started Still Time Top Top Chef True Watch

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Most people remember me for a couple of tunes.

~Colin Hay

Topics: Couple Me Most People Remember Remember Me Tunes

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It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs to be told, make some kind of connection. I've always fancied myself as a leading man, but I really doubt whether anyone else sees me that way.

~Colin Hay

Topics: Always Anyone Anyone Else Connection Doubt Else Fancied Fun Get Good Great Great Fun Kind Leading Leading Man Make Man Me Myself Needs Piece Pretend Really Sees Some Someone Story Tell Way Whether Writing You

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It strikes me there's a bunch of people in power who have really strong intentions of running the world and adjusting the world to exactly how they see it.

~Colin Hay

Topics: Adjusting Bunch Exactly How Intentions Me People Power Really Running See Strikes Strong Who World

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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

~Colin Hay

Topics: Between Building Character Destroying Fine Fine Line Line Soul

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I can't remember too much about the '80s, to be honest with you... I wish that weren't true, but it is.

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Topics: About Honest Much Remember To Be Honest Too Too Much True Were Wish You I Wish

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I don't walk off and come back for encores. I figure I can add four weeks to my life that way.

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Topics: Add Back Come Encore Figure Four Life My Life Off Walk Way Weeks I Can

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In certain ways I still feel like I'm finding my way. I feel pretty comfortable playing acoustic guitar and singing, but then I feel pretty good sitting on a reggae groove as well.

~Colin Hay

Topics: Acoustic Acoustic Guitar Certain Comfortable Feel Finding Good Groove Guitar Like Playing Pretty Pretty Good Reggae Singing Sitting Still Then Way Ways Well I Feel

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Musician

Born: June 29th, 1953

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