A biography for Leo Sayerhasn’t been written yet.
“Because I don't go to showbiz parties, I don't have the right image. The media decides who's in and who's out.”
“I've always been a tilter of lances against authority.”
“I had to learn very quickly how to perform, how to act, how to look, to always say what I wanted to say in my songs.”
“I'm impressed with Ed Sheeran. I think he has a terrific point of view and a great mentality but I sense there is someone in the background saying to him, 'We need more love songs, Ed.'”
“The past is the past: what can you do about it?”
“In the past, it wasn't any big deal for people with talent to hang out together. Now we have the celebrity age, which has made a lot of things harder to do.”
“I must have 300 songs unreleased or unrecorded, lying around. I'm a production machine, it never stops.”
“I'm not this cuddly, jumper-wearing, good-guy. I'm not David Cassidy. I'm more Johnny Rotten. I'm more Donny Tourette.”
“My dad died with a full head of hair, so I have that legacy.”
“I've typical singer's jowls, a bit fat and soggy. If I was really vain, I would have a nip and tuck, but the knife isn't an exciting prospect.”
“Everybody writes about love and cheating and heartbreak. We've done all that.”
“As a former Mod my love affair with fashion has never waned and whenever I go on tour I am always desperate to hit the shops as soon as possible.”
“My first two albums, 'Silverbird and 'Just a Boy,' which had the single 'Long Tall Glasses' on it, were very well received. Then I did another one, 'Another Year,' which did miserably.”
“A good microphone is an essential thing for a singer.”
“I grew up on the south coast in Shoreham-by-Sea in a three-bedroom semi-detached home with a large garden shared by two properties.”
“I really admire Ed Sheeran. He seems to have really beaten his way through and I think that's fantastic. He's his own man - good for him. But there aren't many of him out there.”
“My mum came from an incredibly big family.”
“In the '70s, Leo-mania was the equivalent of Beatle-mania down there and they still love me. In Australia they still want heroes.”
“It's nice to feel wanted somewhere.”
“I have always believed that there is no age factor to this music business. You are only as old as you feel and basically you can be a contender at any time.”