Full Name: Darren Stanley Hayes
Date of Birth: May 8, 1972
Star Sign: Taurus
Chinese Birth Sign: Rat
Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Now Lives: San Francisco, USA
Parents: June and Robert
Hair color: light brown/blonde
Eye Color: Blue (no he doesn't wear contacts)
Height: 178cm
Shoe Size: 8.5-9
Started Singing: Age 11 (he constantly sang around the house and was often told to be quiet)
Sibilings: 1 older brother and sister (Peter John and Tracey Anne)
Schooling: Mabel Park Infants, Mabel Park High

Diet: He use to be a strickly vegetarian, however he has changed his diet and now eats some meats. He also rarely drinks alcohol.
Interests: Movies, shopping, surfing the net
Fav Music: U2, Sarah McLachlan
Fav Movies: Star Wars, Blade Runner, Sling Blade Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, ET, Steel Magnolias, Beaches, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Parenthood
Fav TV Shows: Seinfeld, Mad About You, Friends, Ellen, and The David Letterman Show
Fav Savage Garden Song: I'll Bet He Was Cool
Fav Recipe: Take diet coke and add red cordial (Cherry Cola!)
Possessions: His Star Wars figures and his computer
Fav Color: Dusty blue
Fav Clothes: Black pants with long sleeve button up shirts, Doctor Martin boots, paisley anything, velvet, Jean Paul Gaultier
Fav Color On Him: Black
Fav Food: Healthy things. Thia and Italian food, linguine/pesto sauce, Baskin Robins icecream (peanut butter and chocolate), Vanilla Chuppa Chups, Skim Milk, yogurt, Dr Pepper and Cherry Coke, popcorn with reeses pieces dropped into the box.

Fav Meal: grilled chicken breast, grilled vegetabeles and steamed rice.
Fav Drinks: Starbucks Decaf coffee... caramel whatsitsname.. He also loves milk, smoothies and water because it is the blood for his voice.
Fav Author: Anne Rice
Fav Actor: Raph Fiennes
Fav Actress: Ellen DeGeneres
Fav Conerts: U2 Zooropa 1993 Sydney Football Stadium, Michael Jackson's Bad Tour, and the Eurythmics Peace Tour.
Fav Spice Girl: Baby Spice
Music Influences: Michael Jackson, U2, Prince, The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Duran Duran
Listens To: Triple J
Has a Degree In: Teaching (Pre-School). He taught for 8 months while waiting for the first album to be finished.
Maritual Status: He use to be married to Colby Taylor.
After High School: Attended college to study Journalism, Drama, and Education
Prefers: A "vixen" over a "virgin"

Fav Place: New York
Worst Subject: Math
Pets: A cocker spaniel (male with white and dark (with patches on its fur) for Christmas from his ex- wife, Colby named Obi.
Previous Jobs: His first job was carting feruit and vegetables at a local shop. His second job was working at a local store called Woody's throughout high school.
Fav Chocolate: Toblerone
Fav Web Site: The Official U2 Site
Nick Names: Doze or Daz (his nick use to be 'fruit undies' because he use to wear these "tragic Kmart fruit undies").
Most Valuable Item: A pair of rosary beads his sister gave him (every time he goes on a plane, he takes it with him)
Most Fun with Clothes On: Playing "Twister"
Amount of Time Grooming: "Ohhh! Hours and hours"
Wears to Bed: Boxers and a T-shirt
Use to Drive: A "little white hatchback thing" but is thinking of buying a jeep
Fav Songs: With or Without You, One (U2), If I Was Your Girlfriend, When Doves Cry, When You Were Mine (Prince), Running Up That Hill, This Woman's Work (Kate Bush), Talk To Me, Love To Be Loved (Peter Gabriel)

Most Embarrising Moment: Falling offstage in Brisbane 1998 and in Spain in 1997. It was bad. He also regrets most of my long hair moments except the I Want You U.S video, he loved that hair.
Most Interesting/Unusual Gift from a Fan: He received a timeline booklet of his entire career..(in Vancouver) that had everything.. every single event of his career documented.
Fav Board Game: a Brazillian card game called MAU MAU which is Portuguese for BAD BAD.
Fav Smell: Baby Skin
If He Weren't in the Music Industry: He would be a teacher and a daddy.
Fav Childhood TV Shows: Wonderwoman, Scoobydoo cartoon, Smurfs cartoon. He likes books more. C S Lewis.. the adventures of Narnia. He likes the Harry Potter book... Get the Real Deal in THE LION THE WHICH AND THE WARDROBE.
Couldn't Live Without: Love. Not just mean romantic, but from friends and family.
Fav Cologns/Perfume: He doesn't wear D&G as much anymore. He have a new one, but he still loves it. Generally he loves woody and earthy scents.
Fav X-mas Carol: None, he thinks they are all corny.

Message to Our First Alien Visitors: It gets better.
Greatest Achievement: Personal, spiritual growth. Developing compassion for himself and others.
Best/Worst Parts About Being Famous: Best part.. Strangers tell you they love (pick anything about yourself..) Worst part.. Strangers tell you they love (pick anything about yourself)
If He Could Change His Name: He wouldn't. He loves his name, especially his middle one.
Actor He Would Choose To Play Him in a Movie: Someone gorgeous who looks absolutely nothing like him.
Sings in the Shower: Every day
Biggest Audience Played For: Party in the Park was big. Possibly 60'000 or so. He thinks the Sydney Olympics is going to be the largest one he'll ever do.
Dreams About: flying a lot. Mostly just up.. he rarely go forward.. he just shoots up.
If He Could Be Female for One Day: He would talk about Darren Hayes to a group of strangers. Then possibly find out what the inside of a female toilet looks like. He is convinced women's toilets are HUGE because it always takes them sooo long in there.
Best Year of His Life: 2000