John Prine Quotes
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When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous.
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The only reason I figured out I didn't like my old records to listen was I could hear how nervous I was and how uncomfortable I was. And who would want to sit around and listen to yourself being uncomfortable?
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I became a recording artist before I knew it. And I just - when I would listen to my old records, I'd just hear this young, extremely nervous fella that that made me want to run out of the room, you know, rather than listen to what he had to say.
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Johnny Cash was like Abraham Lincoln to me.
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There's nothing I hate more than canceling shows.
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Man, I hated school. I'd stare at the buttons on the teacher's shirt the whole class.
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I'm not good at remembering things, in general.
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I've been fortunate enough to always have plenty of work, offers to go out and play shows. The hardest thing I have to do is pick out which one I want. For some reason, there's a great demand out there, whether I've got a new record out or not.
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I never fit in with straight country. I never really fit in with rock n' roll. I've always been somewhere in between all this stuff.
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People keep inventing all these new machines, and producers and recording engineers keep wanting to use them.
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The more producers I talked to, the more I got looked at like I was crazy for wanting to make a live-sounding album.
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It doesn't hit you until you pull up to the hospital, and you see 'cancer' in big letters, and you're the patient. Then it all kind of comes home.
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In my songs, I try to look through someone else's eyes, and I want to give the audience a feeling more than a message.
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Along the way, we have had some wonderful adventures and have met thousands of dedicated fans - indeed, many of them feel like family to us now.
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I don't like to be caught without a pick.
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There's only two things. There's life, and there's death.
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You know that first love that leaves you? You never forget that, especially if you're a songwriter. I must have gotten nine songs out of that girl.
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My sense of humor has saved me more than a couple of times in my life.
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Writing songs used to be my hobby; it used to be my getaway.
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I think I've finally, after 72 years, gotten used to my voice, and it sounds like a friend now instead of an enemy.
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Howie Epstein was a kind, patient, and extremely talented musician. He took two years out of his life and dedicated his undivided attention to the making of two of my records. Those records changed my life thanks to Howie.
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Yeah, early '71 is when I got my record contract. I had a record come out by August of '71. Things happened really fast.
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If you listen to people talk, when people actually talk, they talk in melodies. If they get angry, their voice rises, and it's more of a staccato thing. When they ask for something, they're real sweet. It's all music.
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When you're singing somebody else's songs, it's just pure joy to me.