John Prine Quotes
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I sound like that old guy down the street that doesn't chase you out of his apple tree.
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Johnny Cash was like Abraham Lincoln to me.
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'Sam Stone' is a song about futility.
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If somebody tells me to work or exercise, I go the other way. I'll come up with an excuse.
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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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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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Writing songs used to be my hobby; it used to be my getaway.
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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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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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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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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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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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Man, I hated school. I'd stare at the buttons on the teacher's shirt the whole class.
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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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People keep inventing all these new machines, and producers and recording engineers keep wanting to use them.
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There's only two things. There's life, and there's death.
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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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I don't like to be caught without a pick.
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I could never teach a class on songwriting. I'd tell them to goof off and find a good hideout.
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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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There's nothing I hate more than canceling shows.
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I don't like to see Christmas trees torn down.
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I'm not good at remembering things, in general.
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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.