Darren Hayes
Darren Hayes
Darren Stanley Hayesis an Australian-British singer-songwriter, comedian, and podcaster. Hayes was the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden until its breakup in 2002, whose 1997 album Savage Garden peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in United Kingdom and No. 3 in United States. It spawned the singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", and Australian and US No. 1 "Truly Madly Deeply". The duo followed the success of their debut album with Affirmation, which provided additional hits...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 May 1972
CityBrisbane, Australia
When I was 10 I used to walk around shopping centres and go, "Oh, they've recognised me!" And I would think, "hold on, who am I? I'm nobody famous yet!" - Darren on 60 Minutes
I've never been the sort of person to walk into a room and have *clicks fingers* 50 women want to sleep with me, ok, and suddenly you walk across a stage and you have a video clip and you know girls want to go out with you and think you're beautiful!
If you're straight, if you're gay - hey, if you're a horse - and I appeal to you, great!
If you want me to be straight, gay, into monkeys, dating Kylie, whatever, I'm happy for people to project whatever onto me!
I would let my child do whatever made their heart sing
I think in some way, there aren't a lot of people making pop music with sincerity, ... We offer a slight alternative to that -- for people not getting the 'N Sync vibe. We have simple, honest music and a little something for everyone.
I wanted to make an album that was painfully honest, like (Bruce) Springsteen's 'Tunnel of Love,'
A big section of our audience is young and female. Housewives like our love songs, but then again, everyone likes to dream about love.
The more rewarding part of doing a solo record for me was having more control in the studio.