A biography for Chesney Hawkeshasn’t been written yet.
“I think that probably the most important thing in a career is not to believe your press and not to take yourself seriously.”
“I still get knickers thrown on stage, but not as much as they used to. In fact, I get bloke's boxer shorts thrown on and someone rolled a coconut on stage the other night.”
“These days the whole 'American Idol' and 'The X Factor' and all that stuff has opened up doors for songwriters like me. I get songs on their albums.”
“My income started to dry up a couple of years after I had the big success with 'The One and Only.'”