Chris Isaak Quotes
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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'.
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I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs.
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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.
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I'm not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I'm a very pragmatic kind of guy.
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I keep things pretty simple.
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My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm not a very spiritual guy when it comes to music. I remember hearing Carlos Santana say that angels helped him write his songs. And I thought, 'Really, angels?'
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My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, they're the best songs ever.
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Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.
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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.
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My only expenses are probably guitar strings and records.
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The tough thing about radio is I've met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it's hard for them to figure out how to play what they like when there's somebody up above them yelling 'you have to play this.'
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One thing, when you're an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you're a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I'm working on new stuff for a new album right now.
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I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.
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I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs.
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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.
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I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.
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I wear a lot of second hand clothes unless I have a concert and then I wear beaded and sequined second hand clothes. No stylist dresses me although I do have a woman that assists me with the buttons.
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I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.
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I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn.
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I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.