I am totally, absolutely romantic. When I broke up with a girl I would listen to the most heart-breaking music and make it worse. That’s what girls do. I think I am a girl really.
BILLY CONNOLLYI am totally, absolutely romantic. When I broke up with a girl I would listen to the most heart-breaking music and make it worse. That’s what girls do. I think I am a girl really.
BILLY CONNOLLYMy parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
BILLY CONNOLLYWho discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
BILLY CONNOLLYI set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
BILLY CONNOLLYI love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.
BILLY CONNOLLYI think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
BILLY CONNOLLYWisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
BILLY CONNOLLYScottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
BILLY CONNOLLYI always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
BILLY CONNOLLYI don’t believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It’s on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it’s supposed to give you a parking space. It’s worked so far.
BILLY CONNOLLYThere’s a fine line you have to tread because you don’t know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended.
BILLY CONNOLLYLearn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
BILLY CONNOLLYPeople die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
BILLY CONNOLLYIf you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
BILLY CONNOLLYI can’t believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.
BILLY CONNOLLYDon’t buy one of those baby intercoms. Babies pretend to be dead. They’re bastards, and they do it on purpose.
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