A biography for Leo Sayerhasn’t been written yet.
“I'd much rather send my friends letters rather than emails.”
“A bit of arrogance is nice every now and then.”
“My hair is massive and fills the mirror.”
“What keeps a good face is no stress, and I refuse to worry.”
“Being very dyslexic I couldn't even tie my own shoe laces until the age of 21 and I struggled at school.”
“I very much enjoy writing about positive, direct emotions.”
“There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and sitting in front of the fire on winter evenings.”
“Do you know what, I don't even like dancing.”
“There were people who went for serious mind enhancement, like Jimi Hendrix or John Lennon, although I didn't really need to do that. I was blessed with an incredibly fertile imagination.”
“Dancing as a thing to do is marvellous, but you've got to be bloody good at it. I was never good enough.”
“There are a million misconceptions about me but the greatest is probably that people think I'm the king of disco. I love disco but it is only one part of me.”
“I remember showing Prince around Warners' recording studios. He was the nicest kid.”
“I've always loved what I do and I've always done what I wanted to do... in this business you have got to be yourself.”
“I felt quite an affinity with 'Rocky' in my career. It's been like 'fight the business' all the way up.”
“Where are the John Lennons, the Bob Marleys, the Bob Dylans? Where have they gone?”
“Kids in England will stop you on the streets and tell you bluntly they don't care for your current record. But it keeps you down to earth.”
“I tend not to eat lunch because a midday meal makes me want to sleep in the afternoon.”
“I like my face. It's cheeky - dare I say, Chaplinesque.”
“When I was dressed as a clown in all that make-up I used to shed pounds every night and got agonising kidney stones because I was sweating so much.”
“I would love to be an Aussie citizen.”