Harry Dean Stanton
The first music I remember hearing was the traditional songs of Kentucky - things like 'Roll Along Kentucky Moon.'
I don't recall what the first record I bought was, but I definitely remember hearing Creedence's 'Born on the Bayou' and going out and buying it. The guitar and drums in that band were really good. I loved the words to the title track, and Fogerty's voice sounded just great.
For a musician to be good, he has to have humanity and care about the other guy. And as for blues - in a sense, black people have kept this country alive and given us our entire musical heritage.
Study up on the Eastern religions. They're the only ones that are realistic. There's no answer, see.
I think I'm blessed with a pretty tough psyche.
I just wasn't psychologically made to get married or, God forbid, be a father.
The most terrifying thing for most everybody in the whole Western World is to take responsibility for your own life and to experience real freedom.
I've been blessed. I've worked with a lot of good people.
Casting is a convoluted kind of trip. No one likes to be typed - even if you're a cab driver, or whatever you do.
I met Dylan on 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.' We buddied around for quite a while after that. We jammed together; he liked my Mexican songs.
I have to wait and see what happens. Because nobody's in charge.
I can't stress too much how much Ry Cooder was an influence on me. Having one of the most respected musicians around like my singing really gave me the confidence to do it.
People kept asking me, 'When are you singing again?' so I kept doing it. It was that simple.
I only eat so that I can smoke and stay alive.Collection: Alive
I've always been a searcher, you know, a hunter. I'm certainly not the only one. They say actors shouldn't get political and everything, but you can't separate yourself. You can't disconnect yourself from anything.Collection: Political
Sixty percent of the vegetables you see in the supermarkets came from the American Indians. They also gave us aspirin and quinine. And their model of government parallels our Senate. But their women elected the chiefs, and impeached them.Collection: American Indian
I've never seen a Western that was really truthful. Most are just morality plays. Good guys and bad guys - and the good guys always win, whereas in reality most of the sheriffs were as bad as the gangsters they were after.Collection: Winning
I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize meCollection: People
I hate flying, taking my clothes off, and going through the whole security.Collection: Hate
Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonanceCollection: Breathing
The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LACollection: Years
I've never been ambitious about recordingCollection: Ambitious