On July 9, the Scottish singer celebrates his 67th birthday after nearly five decades at the helm of one of rock's most successful bands. Since co-founding Simple Minds in Glasgow in 1977 with guitarist Charlie Burchill, Kerr has helped guide the group from post-punk pioneers into international superstars, selling more than 60 million albums worldwide and scoring a string of classic hits that still fill radio playlists today.
Despite that success, Kerr has never believed in standing still. While promoting his 2010 solo album Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr in an interview with Penny Black Music, he shared a philosophy that has shaped his career for decades.
He explained that the alternative was simple.
That mindset also inspired the solo project itself. Looking back, Kerr said the music reconnected him with the ambitious young songwriter he had once been.
He added, "I didn't want to start a new band. I like my band… and I didn't want a point blank Jim Kerr solo album either."
"[Writing music is] not something you can schedule into a diary or force into existence between other obligations. But every so often, sitting in that space above the sea, I feel the same quiet pull I did when we were starting out. That sense that something is forming just out of sight, and that my only real job is to stay there long enough, paying attention, until it decides to show itself," wrote Kerr on Facebook. "Almost 50 years later from first learning to write those first songs, Simple Minds are currently putting the finishing touches on our 20th album... Keep the faith!"
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