I was an outcast growing up with a bunch of Christian people. My father didn't go to church, and that was not good news if you lived right in the middle of it.
If it's a whole show of my own, I'll do more of what I think Del Shannon is. But for shows like Disneyland, I'll just do mainly hits. That's what they want to hear. I don't want to bore people. If I wanted that much to play nothing but 12 new songs, then I should go do it in a bar somewhere for peanuts.
There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that. To be a follower, you lose.
I usually write when I'm in a great place. When I'm depressed, I don't usually write. So I take all of when I'm depressed and throw it into when I'm feeling good. Weird, I guess.
I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.
Nobody thinks mystery writers go around killing people, but they always seem to assume singers are singing about themselves, especially if you write melancholy songs like me.
I laughed at Willie Nelson, wondering why he spends all his life on that tour bus. And I look at myself, and I'm sitting in airplanes half the time.
Hard to guess what people see in each other, fortunately for the continued existence of the human race.Collection: Race
Nobody keeps a cat. They condescend to live with you is all.Collection: Cat
It's curious how many people are ready to believe that the highest prices guarantee the best value.Collection: Believe
I wonder why why why why why why, she ran away?Collection: Relationship
Here she comes that little town flirt, you're falling for her and you're gonna get hurt.Collection: Hurt