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People just love stories.
I read about wine every day.
I'm emotionally untouchable.
I struggled for so many years.
I've been travelling all my life.
Most years, I do 70 or 80 concerts.
Every generation has to have its heroes.
I'm very good to my wife. I never go home.
I like to be subtle, without being too obvious.
I have never subscribed to public confessionals.
I have found myself able to cure people with my hands.
Canada has a great tradition of supporting songwriters.
It's every songwriter's dream to come up with a standard.
I'm not a big consumer at all. I'm very happy with enough.
I studied French and English literature because I liked it.
A lot of people think they can become world stars overnight.
Robert Browning - I like his dramatic revelations, his allegorical form.
Love songs are the most complex to write because everyone knows about it.
I know it sounds glamorous, but it was bloody cold growing up in a castle.
My house is a very calm and beautiful place and is full of positive energy.
I generally write the songs accidentally. They generally come out of nowhere.
My wife and I are rock solid together and, curiously enough, always have been.
I was born in Argentina, and have lived in England, Ireland, Africa and Malta.
It's tough going out as the opening act of a band especially when you're solo.
I think it's the Canadian spirit that encourages people to dream a little bit.
Philanthropy is never understood by those who don't have it in their own hearts.
The role of Miss World is one that my daughter has fulfilled to the best of her abilities.
I'm far more interested in putting a little more meat into the lyrics than some people are.
Quite simply, to win Miss World is not a ticket to millions and I've read that so many times.
I know journalists like to think that they are read by people like me, but I don't read them.
I believe that music is an international language and deserves to be heard all over the world.
In America, if you say 'Chris de Burgh,' they won't have a clue, but they all know 'Lady in Red.'
Before I ever did a stage concert, I'd done hundreds of living-room concerts, which helped a lot.
If you love yourself there's plenty left for everyone else. You just have to deflect natsy things.
I regularly visualise my body from head to toe, and wait for it to tell me if there's anything wrong.
I made loads of English and Irish friends at university and all they wanted to do was have a good time.
I'm not a fool with my money. I've known what it's like to be poor and I don't splash it around stupidly.
I know what it's like to go to a concert, wait to hear your favourite song - and then they don't play it!
When I left university, I didn't want to jump into anything right away. Music certainly wasn't a burning ambition.
It's critically important to have family around me, and some of my happiest moments are when I'm just with my family.
I've got a room full of gold and platinum records, a lot of them are Canadian, and I've got a very soft spot for that country.
I always bring divining rods when I'm on tour because you can change energy streams by moving furniture around your hotel room.
I developed my armour at prep school. I was the smallest guy in the school. I got bullied a lot. So I developed broad shoulders.
When you're a solo artist and you're not doing well, it can be pretty tough. So when success does come, it feels like you've earned it.
I think that every songwriter would give their right arm to come up with a standard that is going to be played long after they're dead.
I have always had a long term view on records as I want them to be books and not magazines and newspapers that you discard very quickly.
I can fix dishwashers. I was brought up in a castle with no money and lots of imagination. I learnt a lot about plumbing at an early age.
I thought I would be an overnight star when I had a hit record in Brazil with my first album - but things didn't work out quite like that.
I always have to have what I believe are the pillars of an album - songs which I can go back to and admire personally as a piece of writing.
Singing in a restaurant is very demeaning and humiliating but you learn from it, because people aren't there for a show, they're there to eat.