I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. … That can keep me awake for days.
BILLY CONNOLLYI worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. … That can keep me awake for days.
BILLY CONNOLLYKilling a guy and stealing his wife and child isn’t too nice a thing to do.
BILLY CONNOLLYMy definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
BILLY CONNOLLYThere are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
BILLY CONNOLLYI started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.
BILLY CONNOLLYTry to live in a place you like.
BILLY CONNOLLYWhen I read ‘Be real, don’t get caught acting,’ I thought, ‘How the hell do you do that?’.
BILLY CONNOLLYI hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
BILLY CONNOLLYDon’t vote, it only encourages them.
BILLY CONNOLLYSo, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
BILLY CONNOLLYI used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
BILLY CONNOLLYA fart is just your arse applauding.
BILLY CONNOLLYA well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
BILLY CONNOLLYI was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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.
BILLY CONNOLLYMy advice to you, if you want to lose a bit of weight: don’t eat anything that comes in a bucket. Buckets are the kitchen utensils of the farmyard.
BILLY CONNOLLY