Huey Lewis
I was in a vintage pub rock band called Clover in the 1970s.
A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.
Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it.
I am deluded enough to think I can bring something to the table.
I don't tap dance, and I don't think you can learn to tap dance in three weeks at my ripe old age.
I know my choices will be creative so long as I follow my heart.
I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented.
I was knocked out by the show, Chicago.
Our first record, 'Huey Lewis And The News', was seen by no one - it sold 25 copies.
Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.
We had several hits in the States but probably only one big one in Europe. The crowds are smaller.
After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.
I grew up in Marin County north of San Francisco, and in the 1950s and '60s it was a natural paradise.
In '87 - four years after 'Sports' was released - my family and I began vacationing in Montana. I soon bought my first piece of land in Ravalli County, in the western part of the state.
I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office.
Back in the day you wanted your albums to have a theme, and 'Sports' theme was really a collection of singles. It was really a record for its time.
In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any more records. That was it, period.
Well, we were originally called Huey Lewis and the American Express. But on the eve of the release of our first record, our record label, Chrysalis Records was afraid that we'd be sued by American Express.
It's true, I do like cheering people up.
I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?
I am a Bay Area guy, no question.
When you get in the pocket, there is a place where the music begins to play itself. When you can find that spot, it's the best feeling in the world.
The choices I make - they have to be creative.
The choices for me now are completely creative. I know, when I'm going to make a record, it ain't going to sell.
I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.'
You only go from nowhere to everywhere once. Let's enjoy it!Collection: Enjoy
The power of love is a curious thing, make one man weep, make another man sing. Change a hawk to a little white dove, more than a feeling, that's the power of love.Collection: Love
I'm a tired runner in the human race.Collection: Tired
Don't miss understand me, I'm not getting soft, all I want is a couple days off.Collection: Couple
I'm happy to be stuck with you.Collection: Stuck
You've been thinking and I've been drinking.Collection: Relationship
I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.Collection: School
Take it from me, its hip to be square.Collection: Squares
Step by step, one by one, higher and higher. Step by step, rung by rung, climbing Jacob's ladder.Collection: Religious
My first kiss can be summed up in one word - unsuccessful.Collection: Kissing
Now the old boy may be barely breathing, but the heart of rock and roll is still beating.Collection: Heart
Sometimes bad is bad.Collection: Sometimes
I want a new drug, one that won't make me sick. One that won't make me crash my car, or make my head three feet thick.Collection: Feet
She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand.Collection: Running
I love you Huey was the note I read, but there's a strange pair of shoes underneath the bed.Collection: Love You
New York was the inspiration for The Heart of Rock and Roll and Workin for a Livin. There are a lot of songs in the streets of New York.Collection: Song
Grace Kelly writes great songs, sings beautifully, is a world class saxophonist, and is going to be a big big starCollection: Song