You have to go to Scotland at all times of the year – in order to appreciate the times when the sun does come out. Bill Bailey Read Quote
It’s a lovely moment when everyone’s part of something greater than the sum of its parts. That encapsulates what a comedy gig should be, with the comic as the lightning rod, the Norse mischief god, getting the audience to do something they wouldn’t necessarily do. Bill Bailey Read Quote
When I was in Cardiff, playing with the National Orchestra of Wales, they said they get letters from people complaining if they’re smiling during the concert. Nuts, isn’t it? As if you have to respect the solemnity of the music by not smiling. Music is this joyful thing that enriches our lives, and you’re not supposed to smile? Bill Bailey Read Quote
I was asked to do an ad campaign for a supermarket once. I was baffled. It’s strange when you realise your popularity or reputation is a marketable commodity; it’s a stock, a currency. Bill Bailey Read Quote
I hate all those celebrity sculptures like Tussauds, where everyone is dressed in spangly suits and they are all smiling. Bill Bailey Read Quote
It’s been Bill for so long people think my name is William, but it’s not, it’s Mark. Bill Bailey Read Quote
If you become famous but haven’t actually achieved anything, then your life has no real meaning – unless you’re spectacularly shallow. Bill Bailey Read Quote
I’m really grateful for the fact that I have full artistic control over my career. I can choose what film or TV projects I’m interested in doing. Bill Bailey Read Quote
Great music and great artists create their own music and look and are not manufactured. Bill Bailey Read Quote
Some musicians are a bit humourless about their art: they lose sight of the fact that as well as exercising their muse, they’re there to entertain. Bill Bailey Read Quote
