Here are some sentences that Darren mentioned over the years that made me think about certain situations that we sometimes have to go through in our lives. And as I can relate to them I am sure you will feel that too...

Some of the things you will read here are probably the funniest you will ever read! Darren's sense of humour! ;-)

"Homer Hudson Chocolate Rock Ice Cream. Hmm, then straight to the doctor for liposuction" - Darren when asked what he would go To 'The Moon And Back' for.

"I'm a naughty boy I shouldn't have done that" - Darren, Nottingham November 2000.

"I would let my child do whatever made their heart sing" - Darren when asked about what he would like any children of his to do.

"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." - Darren

"I can't understand a single word you're saying but when you sing I get tingles all over my body"' - Darren on the worst pick up line.

"It's me! It's me! It's always me!" --Darren when asked who smelled so good at the MTV Live interview in New York.

"There's this place in Brisbane mall and every time I go there, I'm usually eating a big kebab and have falafel coming out of every orifice,
and someone goes, "You're that guy from that band!" and I'm looking SOOOO attractive!" - Darren on the weirdest place to be recognized.

"The only thing we have in common with those 'boy bands' is that we're male. I think. We can't dance for sh*t." - Darren on MTV 515.

"You know if we were Spice Boys, I'd be Hairy Spice" - Darren

"Actually, we heard this if you're out there, Silverchair. We heard that at your gig in Brisbane that people were giving you a hard time, throwing stuff at you, and you actually threatened to play Savage Garden music if they didn't stop. Which I thought was really cool, and you've got balls for saying that." - Darren

"The airlines lost some of our baggage and now I'm wearing my manager's underwear as a consequence of that." Dj asks,"Do they fit?" Darren answers,"No, they're a little small actually." - Darren at the STAR 98.7 CD release party at the Roxy in Los Angeles .

"You know... I wanted to look like a man" --Darren Hayes on why he cut his hair.

"Why the hell do people assume we're into gardens?" - Darren

"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 rollerskating 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.

"When I was 10 I used to walk around shopping centres and go, "Oh, they've recognised me!" And I would think, "hold on, who am I? I'm nobody famous yet!" - Darren on 60 Minutes

"I used to wash up the dishes as C3PO. And it's very hard to put cups away when this joint doesn't bend! Mum was very tolerant..." - Darren on 60 Minutes

"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

"It's better than sex, it's better than chocolate, its better than anything. My job is actually better than my life." - Darren

"Our visit to the local bowling alley was hilarious. I of course...the king of cool (really just a cover for my lack of physical ability in
sports) refused to play. For 'fashion reasons' I said. But I don't think anyone believed me." - Darren just doesn't do bowling.

"And I always think this could end just as quickly as it began ... I could be pumping gas tomorrow." - Darren Hayes on fame.

"I think they were incredible. Viva Spice Girls! Five girls, not that serious, don't know if they could sing or dance, but look, we're having
fun. I bught that." - Darren Hayes

"I don't buy four or five guys who can't really sing and didn't write the songs. It pisses me off." - Darren

"We try to be in... try to be hip... but we can't!!!" - Darren on trying to keep up with the latest look.

"I was a completely normal kid, the school nerd. In Year 8 and 9 I got picked on. I was a freak- no one understood me. I was the kid who wanted to be abducted by ET. Then all the losers left in Year 10. But I was quite good at school, and very artistic. In Year 11 it turned around. I became one of the coolest kids in school. I was in school musicals- the kid who could sing. It was bizzare. I loved school. It's an amazing little world. The rules inside the school are different from the outside world." - Darren on what he was like in high school.

"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 realised 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.

The weirdest one for me was the transvestite who wanted us to sign her breasts. We did it." - Darren on weird pick-up lines and requests

"...This town in the middle of the desert...hot as hell with all the comforts of a king inported, transplanted there for the luxury of high
rollors. It's so ironic. All the money...all the extravagance. Fake trees...oceans...theme parks in hotels. Money...bankruptcy. And this
atmosphere of craziness. Every cell in your body tells you to PARTY." - Darren on Las Vegas

"Mainly people walk past, then they look at you, and then they do a double take, and a couple of times they'll come up to you when you're eating a kebab, lettuce between every possible tooth, and they'll say, aren't you that guy from..." - Darren Hayes

"It's DISGUSTING, don't believe the hype." (Looks at camera) "Don't believe the hype. It tastes like someone scraped off the bottom of a birdcage and stuck it on a piece of toast." - Darren on vegemite

"We're practicing to say things like "Would you like fries with that" just in case the career doesn't happen. This is a shot we're taking and
we'll see what happens..." - Darren

Interviewer: "this is a really hard question for me to ask..." Darren (interrupts): "We were young, and they said those photo's would never be published."

- Darren

"We think we're damned good. In fact I don't want to do this interview anymore, we're too good for it aren't we?" - Darren

"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 don't know what it is, cuz' when I'm in the shower, I'm doin' things like you know *does impression of Ricky Martin* 'shake your bon bon shake your bon bon shake your bon bon...'" (interviewer) - "And when your in the shower, what exactly is a bon-bon?" (Darren) - "I don't know...whatever I'm shakin'..." - Darren on singing in the shower

"I have one final comment. Up until recently, it has been extremely difficult to determine which is the order line and which is the pickup
line at a Starbucks. And I'm happy to see that more and more Starbucks are beginning to place signs for the pickup and the ordering. Thank you" - Darren's closing statements on an AOL chat forum

"No way..we have worked bloody hard for this. We were one of those bands you describe. The talent thing? Get a life. Are you saying we don't have talent?" - Darren when asked how he felt about struggling bands compared to their 'instant' success

"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

"We were at the the circus watching monkey trainers, and we just shared an affinity for monkeys." - Darren on how he met Daniel

Interviewer: "Which one of these 2 wishes would you sooner realize? No more waiting for a plane, or that your fans come nude to your concerts?" Darren: "That my fans come nude to my concerts. It could be a good experience to live. I had less of the wind up. I also think, that in the hot atmosphere, I’d put my clothes off too. You know, our fans are sometimes nude at our concerts, especially girls. We've also signed autographs on their breasts!" - Darren in a recent interview

"If you think I have a great voice and body, you'll be shocked as hell seeing and hearing me in the shower." - Darren at an interview on 103.7 KISS FM

 "I am such a romantic, so sex is sacred. When I'm not in a relationship, absolutely, I've had a one night stand. I don't know how great I've felt about it at the end of the day, but we've all done it. I'd much rather make love to someone I'm in love with than have a one night stand." - Darren Hayes

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