I loathe hecklers. I haven’t got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone.
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More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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I think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them.
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Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
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Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying.
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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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I’d always been scared of people with tertiary education and high intellects in case they found me wanting. I thought they viewed me as just a welder who knew a few jokes.
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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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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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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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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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Try to live in a place you like.
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Revolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it’s like they’re in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into their constitution as well, which makes them pretty unique.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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Don’t work out, work in.
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I can’t believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.
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