Colin Hay
Colin Hay
Colin James Hayis a Scottish Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the Australian band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay's music has been frequently used by actor and director Zach Braff in his work, subsequently leading to a career rebirth in the mid-2000s...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth29 June 1953
CountryAustralia
mother song features
My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.
couple people tunes
Most people remember me for a couple of tunes.
mother father guitar
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.
play empty-rooms rooms
I play in a lot of empty rooms.
song writing feel-good
I like the process of writing songs. It makes me feel good.
player guitar want
I just want to be a better guitar player, really.
careers erratic minutes
I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know?
years people perception
I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do.
want
You don't want to get worse at something.
fun writing men
It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs to be told, make some kind of connection. I've always fancied myself as a leading man, but I really doubt whether anyone else sees me that way.
believe records dont-believe
I'd love to have a hit record. I don't believe anyone that says they wouldn't like that.
beautiful rain sky
In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky.
writing thinking always-trying
As you get older you don't want to just do the same thing, otherwise there's not much point. I think it's more or less trying to write things that, perhaps, say more by doing less, or you're always trying to refine things, make things a little simpler, a little more essential.
jesus talking
I tried talking to Jesus, but he just put me on hold...