When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.
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I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya?
My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.
I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life.
I blow up fireworks all the time, and I love making milkshakes and banana splits.
When I play it I look out and see people hold on to each other and dance or just couples leaning into each other and kiss. And I'll go: 'You know, I could have worked hard at school and been a dentist. But I'm so glad I didn't.' Because when I look out and see that I feel like the Pied Piper of love.
I'm not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I'm a very pragmatic kind of guy.
There was a misconception about me when I started off because I had my hair greased up and I have some vague resemblance to the hillbilly gene pool that Elvis came from. People would say, 'You want to be Elvis' and I would say, 'No'.
I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.
In the long run, there are people who've made more money or had bigger stardom at points. But, I think I'll have come out winning.
I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn't have money to travel. I thought I'd have to join the military to get to Europe. So I'm thrilled to travel.
I hate modern car radios. In my car, I don't even have a push-button radio. It's just got a dial and two knobs. Just AM. One knob makes it louder, and one knob changes the station. When you're driving, that's all I want.
I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing.
The things that got me through grade school are helping me out later in life. It's like, I show up on time. If you buy a ticket to one of my shows, I'll show up. I'll be there. And if it says 10:00, I'll be on stage at 10:00.
I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.
I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.
Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.
I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.
I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life.
I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.
I keep things pretty simple.
I put music on and I drive around town.
I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn.
I think I've had the slowest, most methodical career in the business.
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