Gary Barlow Quotes

#1. I want to be Gary Barlow and peak when I'm 40. That's my plan - he's who I'm modeling myself on. Most people are completely beautiful when they're young, and then there's always a point when they get older where they say: 'Oh, what happened?!'

James Corden

#2. Let's just say I haven't been keeping up the Gary Barlow persona; I've let loose.

Liam Payne

#3. I quite like being who I am.

Gary Barlow

#4. It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

Gary Barlow

#5. Did he annoy me? Yes, he was like a wasp at a picnic.

Gary Barlow

#6. If you don't have a positive attitude in business and in life, you will never, ever be successful.

Donald Trump

#7. We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.

Gary Barlow

#8. I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.

Gary Barlow

#9. I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.

Gary Barlow

#10. Are you tired? You should be! You've been running through my mind all day.

Gary Barlow

#11. I'm secretly hoping for the full five.

Gary Barlow

#12. I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.

Gary Barlow

#13. You cannot be serious. You CANNOT BE SERIOUS!

John McEnroe

#14. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think.

John Ruskin

#15. After a gig I get to the hotel all psyched-up from being on stage and get stuck into 'Homes and Interiors' magazine.

Gary Barlow

#16. We are constantly reminding them that they are in a competition. I had a word with all my contestants and I know Kelly Rowland had a word with hers. It's reality check time.

Gary Barlow

#17. I don't know why people enjoy what I do. I play piano and sing a few songs - and that's about as exciting as I want it to get. The people who come to my shows will have to bring a good book!

Gary Barlow

#18. And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes.

Kurt Vonnegut

#19. Music, Take That and what we do is not real life. It's magical.
As soon as you begin to believe it the magic will disappear.

Gary Barlow

#20. The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.

Gary Barlow

#21. I've written some poetry, but ... songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing.

Mike Gordon

#22. I don't think any of us can compete with Cowell. He is the best at what he does.

Gary Barlow