Working Class Boy Quotes

“stormed out of the house after fighting. I’m sure our neighbours had their own problems, but not like ours. To me, no one did. At school I made up for all the things we didn’t have by trying really hard. I became top of my class. I was smart but I also tried harder than everyone else because I wanted to feel as good as the rest of the kids. I didn’t want anybody to know what was going on at home.”
― Jimmy Barnes, Working Class Boy: Winner of the ABIA Biography of the Year

“I know there are other people out there, just like me. People who think they are alone in life and that their cards have been dealt and that there is nothing they can do to change anything. That’s how I felt too for a long, long time. I nearly killed myself because of it. But now I know there’s always time for change and there’s always a better path. You just have to look for it.”
― Jimmy Barnes, Working Class Boy: Winner of the ABIA Biography of the Year

“There were times throughout my life when I didn’t think I was going to make it. But I am so glad that I did. You have to be able to hold your head up high and say, ‘Fuck it, I made some big mistakes, but everybody does. I can live with mine.”
― Jimmy Barnes, Working Class Boy: Winner of the ABIA Biography of the Year