I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
BILLY CONNOLLYThere’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I’d never consciously left home to see a zombie movie. They were fine by me, but I had no intention of ever being in one. But I’ve been learning more about it as I’ve been doing interviews. I
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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.
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Chic Murray once told me he fell in the street, and a woman said to him, “Did you fall?” He said, “No, I’m tryin’ to break a bar of chocolate in my back pocket.”
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I 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.
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If you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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I’ve always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I’m where I belong.
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There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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I’m a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world’s a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they’re delightful. They all want so little.
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