Australian Quotes

I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line.

Harmonies are nice.

FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano.

Finally, I found a program that's put my troubles behind me.

Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!

Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.

We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids.

No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulu's mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry.

I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses.

Everybody who knows us knows we always have a good time.

As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back.

When Andy died, I just drank to dumb my mind.

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

Victoria was just as much in love with me as I was with her. We could not bear to be apart for a single second. We were like two lovers shipwrecked on a desert island. There was no world outside our love.

There is nothing to compare with the instantaneous feedback a singer gets from the people sitting in front of him. That is where it all comes together - all the rehearsing and working to get everything just exactly right.

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but it's good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

I've been working at performing for five years now. I've been working in Australia and Spain and England. When I was only 15 or 16, 1 was performing in bars; I could have had legal problems, but it's also the only way to get to know what music is all about.

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.

I respect the people who buy my records and come to my concerts. It's only fair that I always try to give them the very best that's in me. After all, I need them more than they need me.

I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music.

I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown.

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents.

Girls are always running through my mind. They don't dare walk.

Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference.

Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

Sometimes I take a movie selfishly because it's a female lead.

No matter what the character is, I just say to myself 'If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I react?' and once you do that you can just go for it, and hopefully the performance comes through.