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I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.

~Colin Hay

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I had a very strange career. I mean I went from playing to 150,000 people in 1983/84. Three or four years later I was playing to four people, you know, in Melbourne. I thought - bit strange, you know bit odd, bit erratic.

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Topics: Bit Career Erratic Four Had Know Later Mean Melbourne Odd People Playing Strange Thought Three Very Years You

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My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

~Colin Hay

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The Men at Work thing is always there, it's always going to be there. It's not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time.

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I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years - you've got to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and then go on your merry way and start again, in a sense, and that's what I've been doing.

~Colin Hay

Topics: Again Away Been Doing Dust Famous Go Got Just Know Last Merry Minute Off Pick Sense Start Then Up Very Way Years You Your Yourself

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I've got a long-term plan.

~Colin Hay

Topics: Got Long-Term Plan

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Musician

Born: June 29th, 1953

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