A biography for Jim Kerrhasn’t been written yet.
“Singing about universal love, peace and freedom is one thing, but it's important to do something if you can.”
“I'm a natural-born enthusiast.”
“Glaswegians have always loved the finer things but with the emergence of good shopping and such like we're finding it easier to show what were really capable of.”
“At a young age, to think the exciting days are over, it's not easy.”
“I would never apologise for trying too hard.”
“I'm intrigued by my own schizoid background which involves Scotland, Ireland and London.”
“I don't like to look back. But those occasions with zeros on the end are a good opportunity to reflect.”
“I love playing shows and travelling - but I'm not about to cart myself around the world with inferior product. I just won't do it. I don't need to do it.”
“I was into the 'Dennis The Menace' comic strip long before I got into music, and it still makes me chuckle.”
“Glasgow is weird city that makes you a bit of a fighter and we have always tried to push ahead.”
“How can Bono, having graced concert stages for over two decades, draped in the white flag of peace and screaming 'No More War' at the top of his lungs contemplate praising and back slapping Tony Blair?”
“I think within our music there is a real strong idea of search, search for identity, search for place, search for time, search for love, search for knowledge.”
“For any band to make it in America is a colossal challenge and very few do because it takes time and so much money to tour endlessly.”
“In my experience, heroes can come with many different profiles, including some whose stories become known worldwide and, indeed, become part of history.”
“Back in the Seventies, we bucked the trend. Instead of going to London and handing in a demo tape, we insisted the record labels came to Glasgow to hear us.”
“I remember during the making of 'New Gold Dream' thinking, 'We're our own guys now.'”
“When we started in the late 70s, I don't think it's unfair to say Glasgow was on its knees. It was the end of the industrial age and it really was looking to find itself. It had to reinvent itself. And Simple Minds have had to constantly reinvent themselves. So has Glasgow.”
“For us every gig is a responsibility. We don't want people seeing us then saying, 'They're not as good as The Proclaimers.'”
“The only time I tried alcohol my hangover lasted for days, and I decided never again.”
“Who would not want to be No. 1 in the States?”