As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me. Billy Connolly Read Quote
I don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them. There’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything. Billy Connolly Read Quote
I like Dali and Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist. Billy Connolly Read Quote
I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it’s not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days. Billy Connolly Read Quote
I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there. Billy Connolly Read Quote
I’m a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world’s a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they’re delightful. They all want so little. Billy Connolly Read Quote
Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying. Billy Connolly Read Quote
Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don’t sit in the dark hiding. It’s easy to hide and shout and waste people’s time. Billy Connolly Read Quote
I loathe hecklers. I haven’t got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue. Billy Connolly Read Quote
