It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’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.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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Life is supposed to be fun. It’s not a job or occupation. We’re here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
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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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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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I don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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Try to live in a place you like.
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Don’t tell me how to do my job. I don’t come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
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Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
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Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding’s a mystery to me now. You can’t go back, your life changes every day.
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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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Killing a guy and stealing his wife and child isn’t too nice a thing to do.
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When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here?
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