I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course.
Colin HayI just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do.
Colin HayIt 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 HaySometimes there's a general arc that you want to try and get better the longer you do something.
Colin HayI suppose ever since I was about 14, I remember listening to "Sgt. Pepper's," and I remember thinking, "how do you possibly write songs like that?" I remember starting to try and write songs around that age, but just sitting around with an acoustic guitar, and try to come up with ideas for songs, and that's just what I've done ever since. I just never really stopped doing that, I suppose.
Colin Hay