Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart

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Rod Stewart (b. 1945), a British singer-songwriter, shaped not only their field but the way we think and talk about change, purpose, and modern life. Celebrated for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide, Rod Stewart brought that same intensity to the written and spoken word. 27 of Rod Stewart's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Music, Dad, Family, Business, and Women. A favorite of many readers: "At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly."

“I shouldn't have got married. My dad told me. I was 35 and I got married. He said, 'You're too young to be married'. 'What? I'm 35'. Said, 'You're far too young. You haven't lived yet'. He was right, bless him, thanks, Dad.”

— Rod Stewart

Dad

All Quotes by Rod Stewart

“Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.”

— Rod Stewart

Music

“You can be with one of the most beautiful women in the world and still be unhappy.”

— Rod Stewart

Women

“I shouldn't have got married. My dad told me. I was 35 and I got married. He said, 'You're too young to be married'. 'What? I'm 35'. Said, 'You're far too young. You haven't lived yet'. He was right, bless him, thanks, Dad.”

— Rod Stewart

Dad

“Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.”

— Rod Stewart

Family

“Everybody sung in my family.”

— Rod Stewart

Family

“My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.”

— Rod Stewart

Dad

“I have enough music coming out of my kids' bedrooms when I'm at home.”

— Rod Stewart

Home

“I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.”

— Rod Stewart

Dad

“You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.”

— Rod Stewart

Family

“Like everybody in show business, you think you're going to wake up one day, and it's all going to be taken away from you. I think we all share an insecurity in that way, everybody in show business - the ones I talk to, anyway.”

— Rod Stewart

Business

“I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.”

— Rod Stewart

Money

“I became famous, I think, really because of the interpretation of other people's songs, way back when, and that's what I enjoy the most. And I'm a lazy bugger.”

— Rod Stewart

Famous

“I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.”

— Rod Stewart

Business

“I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.”

— Rod Stewart

Humor

“I've never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I'd get married in a minute if I weren't still married to somebody else.”

— Rod Stewart

Age

“At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.”

— Rod Stewart

Age

“There is this power that comes with being famous.”

— Rod Stewart

Famous

“I've been out with some extremely beautiful women who have had no sex appeal whatsoever. It really is a lot more than skin deep.”

— Rod Stewart

Women

“I love change, I need it.”

— Rod Stewart

Change

“I see myself at 7:30 in the morning and it's not too pretty.”

— Rod Stewart

Morning