A biography for Leo Sayerhasn’t been written yet.
“I would say that artists have to be good lovers.”
“People with learning difficulties are often creative in different ways.”
“Wisdom is learned through experience, and sometimes experience is hard and bitter.”
“In my earlier albums like 'Another Year' and 'Just A Boy,' I always saw myself as a bit of a loser - the kind of guy who takes a drink and walks into a wall instead of through the door.”
“Marriage can feel like putting a burden on each other and sometimes kids go with that, too.”
“You can't get away from the right-wing politics but that's the same all over the world.”
“One of the reasons I had moved to London to pursue my career was that I could go to the clubs in the evening and maybe meet my heroes, people like Donovan and Bert Jansch and Dylan. I actually did see Dylan in a club one night.”
“I write from the voice in my head.”
“I occasionally suffer from eczema but only very mildly.”
“Korean audiences are amazing, they really love the music.”
“Australians never give up. That's why I love this place. I never give up.”
“I'm quite intellectual. I read a lot and I'm very politically aware.”
“I'm sure I could have been a rich man, but I never was.”
“I was never really keen to drive. I was always chauffeured around.”
“I don't believe in muckin' about and hiding ambition.”
“All I've ever wanted to do is master my craft. I'm a singer, and I want to be a great singer.”
“I believe in not sitting down and taking it easy.”
“You won't find me at parties or the openings of movies and I don't hang around with David Beckham and Kanye West. So the paparazzi leave me alone, which means that I can do my shows, write music and then live a normal life.”
“The Seventies was a golden era. Back then we had some incredible talent with bands like the Undertones, the Rolling Stones and artists like Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney.”
“It's been hard to gain acceptance in England without the clown makeup because I wore the costume as part of my act for so long.”