I like to let the songs speak so that they can go through some kind of rebirth as you play them.
Colin HayI sit around and play acoustic guitar - usually acoustic, sometimes electric, occasionally piano, but more often guitar, just trying to come up with tunes. Ideas kind of pop into your head.
Colin HayI love going up the West Coast of the U. S. because it's one of my favorite parts of the world to tour.
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