I’m very lucky that people are able to say, ‘Oh, that’s that Moody Blues guy!’ I’m very fortunate with that. That’s all. Without the songs, I think, I’d just be a pretty average karaoke singer. In the end, it comes down to the songs: the strength of the songs. Justin Hayward Read Quote
I never used to speak to the audience at all. I never really knew what to say onstage. Justin Hayward Read Quote
Several years ago, I was asked by a songwriter’s association to go to Nashville – I think it involved some kind of award – and be part of the showcase. It was myself and Stevie Winwood and Michael McDonald and then some country people that I didn’t know. The whole community was just so welcoming to me. Justin Hayward Read Quote
I often write things, and then I think it’s too personal for the Moodies. It’s not something that I could share with other guys to say. Justin Hayward Read Quote
There’s no secret, but inspiration has to find you working. And that’s one of the key things that I’ve always remembered. And if I put my mind to it tonight, I think I could take a guitar, and by 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning, something will have happened – I’ll have had something to hang onto. But I think that’s the key. Justin Hayward Read Quote
When I came to The Moody Blues, we were a rhythm and blues band. I was lousy at rhythm and blues – I think the rest of us were. Justin Hayward Read Quote
I never got a stereo system until about 1969. It was only when I went to America in ’68 and listened to FM radio; I really thought, ‘Wow, there’s something in this.’ Justin Hayward Read Quote
The Moodies is a responsibility to deliver the goods every night onstage and to do it sincerely; otherwise, it doesn’t work. You’ve got the three guys left in the Moodies that really want to do it onstage, so I think we’re truer to the old records now than we ever were. Justin Hayward Read Quote
I think there’ll always be a kid with a guitar with a song in his heart that’s going to turn me on – that’s as far as I can see. Whether lots of people agree with that, I’m not sure. Justin Hayward Read Quote
