DARREN HAYES MINTYS
"I think about the fans that I've met who are unhappy with the way they look...and who suffer hideous eating disorders and I just want to say I LOVE YOU...YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL THE WAY YOU ARE."
"Remember...your most attractive features are your heart and soul...not the shell, but the spirit contained within."
"If we don't change, we don't grow If we don't grow then we aren't really living"
"I think that's what's really beautiful about music, that it is little pieces of your heart and soul."
"Listen I want you do something really simple if you can....the Starlight Foundation is an organization that are collecting money tonight when you leave the auditorium they raise money for children and families who are living with very serious illnesses and diseases like cancer...anything.... 5 cents 10 cents a few dollars anything you have if you could afford it if you could put it in the bucket on the way out Id love you forever"
Because you receive so many and couldn't possibly keep them ALL, what do you do with all the gifts you receive from your fans? (donate to a charity or something?)
WE DON'T GET A LOT OF GIFTS NOW FOR THAT REASON.. I HATE TO SEE MONEY GO TO WASTE. CHILDREN'S TOYS ARE GIVEN TO CHILDREN ON TOUR OR TO HOSPITALS. (Savage Fan Post by Darren, 2000)
"I do wish that we took more responsibility for our words... sometimes I think we forget how damaging criticism can be.. like when I run into someone who says.. 'oh I HATE this.. or that.. or a celebrity' and my first reaction is always 'do you know them personally? ' and a general disbelief in that much hatred and negative energy. I just think if the whole world thought a little bit more about how we treat each other every other wish I could come up with would come true."
"Sexiness has nothing to do with height, weight, facial features, etc., it's about how you carry yourself."
"Let me give you a lesson about school. All the kids that were popular end up on the dole with babies. All the nerds end up stars."
"This stuff that grows out of my head and you know I am definitely in a place in my life where I am really comfortable in my skin, and who I am and what I'm doing. I guess it's all part of that."
"Elation and pain are experiences that make you realize you're alive. Thank God you feel them; otherwise you'd be numb."
"I'm not the world's best singer. I'm not the world's best looking person. I'm not the world's best song writer but I do it all!"
"Life is tough, life is a struggle and that's what makes it so beautiful and that's how you grow."
"Some advice to share with your viewers...forgive your parents..they didn't intentionally mean to screw you up...they screwed you up because their parents screwed them up!...watch oprah..do yoga..drink carrot juice...hehe....don't worry about the size of your gut...do stuff for you..don't conform too much..do you enjoy ! chocolate?..i enjoy chocolate..eat it!..just don't eat too much of it.."
"For a long time I looked for love from external places. I looked at my career as a way to get attention and love. I looked at relationships as a way to fix insecurities or pieces of me that were missing. But I think I was cheating myself from growing because I was relying on somebody else to do it. It's harder to do that work yourself but I'm at a stage now where I realise that being alone isn't that bad. And I think that I'm a more complete person and have more chance of attracting the right kind of people." Minx magazine
"...there's no need to change anything, because beauty - it is not something external, not just appearance, it is something inside you." - Article in a Russian magazine, 31 January 2002
I think we are taught that happiness is a luxury when it should be a birthright... to me, happiness is not bliss.. it is content.. it is feeling loved and loving.. it is grace and gratitude..not ecstacy.. I think elation and that kind of heightened euphoria is never meant to last.. it is a moment that defines the gap between the dark and the light in your life and the life wouldn't be worth living if it didn't contain those extremes.. but in general I don't think we place enough importance on feeling good.. when we should.
Well it was a very cleansing experience for my soul.. I felt a lot of pain and I wanted to get it out and reflect upon it. I did that and I feel like a stronger person for having identified what happened to me and where I am today.. now I feel more aware
I hate promo..! I love singing live but I hate selling myself.. I can't lie...so anything that utilizes the live aspect is my fave form of promo
I don't think there is just one person for us.. I think there are many but we settle for the one who fits best
Smoking gets me angry. I hate it!
I would never pose naked for anyone unless I was having sex with them. ha.(when being asked if he would pose naked for charity)
Spin was written in a very self conscious way... with pressure to find hits and with a certain degree of ego and arrogance.. the tension and the spark was the complete opposite... very organic experience...experimental and confessional.... almost writing and recording without being aware of the end result..: also this record was everything I wanted to say for years but was afraid to
"I feel like a new person and I look like a new person. Spin is fun and reflects where I am in my life. It's given me the opportunity to smile and not take everything so seriously." on his new album, Spin.
"I'm always aware that I'm in the front of every photograph, but its not because I step in front of him. Daniel takes two steps back. People just assume I'm an egomaniac."
"No the rest of the album sucks...WHAT DO YOU THINK? It is a fantastic record.. but we have to say that because we live and breathe this stuff.." - Darren when asked if the rest of the album is as good as the first single
"Gosh I'm very emotional, and very good at kissing!" : _How good? From 1-10? : "I've been told I'm a 10 at kissing! I have very big lips and that helps! I had a couple of drinks the other night and ended up kissing almost all the girls there, and I got very good reviews." - Darren on how he rates himself as a lover
"I was working in a video shop and having a really bad day. Then the song came on the radio and it just made my day. But the first time I saw myself on TV I hated it. I think you go through that period when you first hear your voice, but I'm over it now. I can hear my voice now and I know what I sound like, so it's not that big of a shock to me. With TV it was like "OK, that's what I look like, alright, I'll deal with that." Everyone else has for 25 years. But it was the first time I realized what I looked like in 3D." -Darren on how he feels about hearing himself on the radio, and how he feels about seeing himself on TV.
"That's what got me into exercise and training my body and my voice. I looked at Madonna as this G.I. Jane superstar. I used to go jogging around my neighborhood at midnight sometimes and I'd be thinking, it'll all be worth it one day." - Darren on Madonna's Truth Or Dare
"I invented an alter ego. His name is Edwardo Phillipe and he's a Latin Australian born in Brazil but RAISED in Australia. Due to an unfortunate roller-skating incident he is no longer able to perform the Salsa or other related sexy Latino dances. Don't ask me to explain. Hey..if I could dance don't you think I'd be makin' my own sexy butt videos?" - Darren on the effects of sleep deprivation
"I was at a Thai restaurant with Daniel when I had to go to the bathroom. I was walking back confidently when I walked into a plate glass window! The entire restaurant witnessed it and now I'm that guy from SAVAGE GARDEN who walked into the window. They tell everybody."
"The details of my clumsiness are quite inconsequential" - Darren on The Rosie Show
