I never really thought comedy was a career option, just something I did for fun. Suddenly I realised I was getting paid which was a bonus. I studied for a diploma with the London College of Music, and teaching was something I thought I might do but comedy intervened.
BILL BAILEYI feel sorry for James Blunt, he has to wake up every morning and think ‘Oh my God, I’m James Blunt, what have I done?’
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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I would never condone the burning of a Dan Brown novel, much though I loathe and detest his work. Well, I say work, you know, words, randomly arranged to form millions of dollars… I’m not bitter at all.
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Live comedy’s a very reckless, foolhardy profession. You’re only as good as your last gig so earnings fluctuate.
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Without the beat in the background, Jazz basically sounds like an armadillo was let loose on the keyboard.
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Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit
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Three women walk into a pub and say, ‘Hooray, we’ve colonised a male-dominated joke format’
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My wife bought me a vintage Gibson guitar that isn’t just beautiful but has tremendous sentimental value. I have plenty of guitars for live gigs but this is one to treasure.
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The reason we’d stopped was that the buffet car was on fire, that was the reason we stopped. One of the giant biscuits spontaneously combusted out of boredom.
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Or, as I call it, a Cheesel, it’s a Weasel with a Cheese finish.
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American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it.
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Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!
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The BBC did a survey of the top 50 things to do before we die. Not while we’re still alive, before we die.
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This shed does not contain me.
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I once punched a bloke in the face for saying ‘Hawk the Slayer’ was rubbish, when what I should have said ‘Dad, you’re wrong.’
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But our country’s equivalent of gritty reality is more like “Look out Sarge, he’s got a shooter!”
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What I’d like to do now – well, what I’d like to do now is grow my beard very long, weave it into my pubes and strum it like a harp.
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