Quotes from Jimmy Barnes

It's a real bloke thing, not talking to people because it's not manly to get help.

I wanted my children to never feel like they were unsafe. I wanted them to have everything they needed.

I've had a lot of ups and a lot of downs, but I don't look back on anything with regret.

I don't want to become a laid-back artist by any stretch of the imagination.

Success isn't about reaching your goals; it's about striving for things, like the joy of trying to raise a family, trying to be a successful singer, trying to write good songs, trying to be a better person. It's that old thing about life being about the journey, not the destination.

I've been writing books because it's been my way of dealing with the demons. The act of sitting down and writing the books down has started healing process that's been long overdue.

No matter what day we celebrate Australia Day, let's celebrate it together and give thanks to the original inhabitants of this vast country. We are lucky to be sharing it with them.

In the 1970s, we got a Labor government that put more emphasis on trade with Asia; the Vietnam war ended, and refugees were coming in. We were more part of Asia than America and the rest of the world. There was the proximity, for a start - all these countries and cultures just north of us. It just made sense that that's what we were part of.

No matter how much poverty you grow up with, you shouldn't be subjected to violence and abuse.

My dad was a womaniser, a gambler. He was violent. They thought if they left Scotland, they would leave the problems behind.