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A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that they have no core values. As much as - or more than - any other voters, independents want to see conviction and authenticity.Collection: John
The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points.Collection: John
It' always so sad to see people spend the rest of their careers just trying to repeat the formula.Collection: John
The silence of the room is as important as the music.Collection: John
All the songs I've written, if they don't sound good on acoustic guitar, they won't sound good at 11.Collection: John
When you're playing rock music to 10,000 people, you almost attack the audience. When you play acoustic you're waiting for the audience to respond. It's a reverse energy, and you're more vulnerable. It's really intense.Collection: John
When you're up there acoustically you're thinking, How could I possibly go back to rock?' Then when I'm playing rock I think, How can I ever go back to being unplugged?' That's what makes it fun all of the time.Collection: John
You might be talking to someone who relates a song to losing a friend and you end up talking in the most intimate way. You can get so engaged that you end up in this existential conversation.Collection: John
I am the same man writing the music. I haven't changed directions to suit anyone except me.Collection: John
Being raise in England, we were all raised on blues and country.Collection: John
I always thought I could do it, have an across-the-board big record.Collection: John
I was hanging around New York, getting used to being on the street. I didn't have any friends I didn't know anybody at that point.Collection: John
When we're out touring, we often go to clubs to see people play. The alternative is to go back to the hotel And that's no good.Collection: John
I find it incredibly annoying to just go out and sing the old stuff and write songs that sound like the old stuff.Collection: John
You don't have to keep trying to sound like your last song. There's new things to do.Collection: John
I think the stuff that's very spontaneous, not contrived at all, is the stuff that works.Collection: John
But I'll never write another Missing You' again as long as I live. I hope that I'll write a good song, but I don't think that I'll be able to write another song that will reach people that much.Collection: John
I really expected things to be different. But being in Bad English was too much of a compromise. Instead of being true to the artistic side, there was this incredible pressure to keep producing the same kind of hits.Collection: John
I thought my wife and I would grow old together, but it just didn't work out.Collection: John
Turning 40, your past really comes back to you. You're very aware of where you've been the plans you've made, the memories you have, and the mistakes you've made.Collection: John
I was staring at a wall of photos and thought, 'What would that sound like if it was music?' And I guess that was the kicker. That's what got me going.Collection: John
You know, the European record labels always say, 'We want 12 songs and then we want bonus songs,' and you're going, 'What for? Why?' That's not a record.Collection: John
I usually license my stuff to a label. Make the album, license it to a big label and get it back after four years.Collection: John
I don't know really, apart from Barnes & Noble, where you buy CDs anymore.Collection: John
Missing You' almost didn't get on the No Brakes' album, because the record company said, 'The album's finished. We don't need any more songs.'Collection: John
'When I See You Smile' - that was not what we should have been doing in Bad English.Collection: John
I think the Journey guys wanted to be back in Journey and I wanted to be back solo.Collection: John
I remember one day going in the studio to sing and then going to work with three separate songwriters before I came back in the studio. I was running on empty.Collection: John
We had huge success at first - really, really big. You could not turn on AM radio and not hear 'Every Time I Think of You.' And you couldn't turn on FM radio and not hear 'Head First.' And they were both on the same record.Collection: John
You can't keep going back to Detroit because you're big in Detroit. You can go maybe once a year and sell it out because everybody loves you and looks forward to seeing you again. You can't go back twice in the same year.Collection: John
I always thought that the Babys were five years ahead of everybody else, I really do.Collection: John