Tag Archives: Justin Hayward

And if you stop and think about it you won't believe it's true: That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you. Justin Hayward

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

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

I never used to speak to the audience at all. I never really knew what to say onstage. Justin Hayward

My songs form a kind of biography or diary of my life as they are about people I have loved and people I only knew in my heart, places I have seen only for a moment and places I have lived all my life. Justin Hayward

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

I certainly know that on our first tour of America in 1968, David Crosby came to see us backstage at the Fillmore East in New York, and I was very pleased to meet him from Buffalo Springfield and that kind of stuff. He didn't ask me anything about the music, but he said, 'Where'd you […]

The problem with the Moodies is not what to play, it's what to leave out! That's always difficult. We stopped having support acts many years ago just because of that. We needed getting on to two hours; there's such a big catalog to call on. Justin Hayward

Just what you want to be, you will be in the end. Justin Hayward

I would say trust your own judgment and develop your own style that is true in your heart and don't be deterred from that. Just develop that something that's unique to you that you feel you can give. Be true to yourself, trust your own judgment; that's all. Justin Hayward