I tend to go through periods worrying, “Where am I going, I can’t see a way out of this,” and it becomes quite stressful. But sometimes you have to take a bet on yourself.
BILL BAILEYI spent my childhood scrambling round badgers and foxes and playing fantastic country kid games like knocking on people’s doors and running away. God that was a good game.
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit
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Work hard, save and live within your means.
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This shed does not contain me.
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Tonight’s show is about doubt. Or maybe it isn’t – haven’t made my mind up yet.
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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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A horse walks into a bar, and the barman says “Why the long face?”. The horse replies: “I’m deeply troubled by the anthropomorphic aspects of my existence and the extent to which I am now protected by law.”
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Relaxed Empiricism — I only believe something to be true if someone I know quite well tells me if happened.
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I try to appreciate the simple things. I’ve just been camping with my son and I enjoyed that just as much if not more than a holiday in a posh hotel. I like making a cup of tea and bacon sarnie in the morning.
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I’m English, and as such I crave disappointment. That’s why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment! Sometimes I eat the toy out of sheer despair.
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Not to be confused with the Ukrainian hunting spider, which actually has got a limp and is, as such, completely harmless, and a little bit bitter about the whole thing.
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Orchestras have often been used to conjure up the natural world: Swans, sharks, trout, but not, as far as I know, the often maligned jellyfish.
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I’m quite lucky, because I’ve got a small, decorative concrete pig.
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People say ‘Bill, are you an optimist?’ And I say, ‘I hope so.’
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There we go, that’s it. I just hold my hand in this position for the next couple of hours.
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American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it.
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