John Prine Quotes: John Prine, American country folk singer, guitarist, songwriter and composer. We listed best John Prine quotes, lyrics and sayings for you
John Prine Quotes
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1- “You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can’t be all wrong.” -John Prine
2- “I’m fascinated by America…it’s so odd.” -John Prine
3- “How the hell can a person go to work in the morning And come home in the evening and have nothing to say” -John Prine
4- “Now Jesus, he don’t like killing, no matter what the reason is for, and your flag decal won’t get you into heaven anymore.” -John Prine
5- “The scientific nature of the ordinary man is to go out and do the best you can.” -John Prine
6- “Blow up your TV…throw away your paper…move to the country and build you a home. Plant a little garden…eat a lot of peaches…try and find Jesus on your own.” -John Prine
7- “I guess if you keep making the same mistake long enough, it becomes your style.” -John Prine
8- “Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain’t what you ain’t.” -John Prine
9- “I’d rather get a hot dog or a doughnut than write a song. ” -John Prine
10- “Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there.” -John Prine
11- “I sound like that old guy down the street that doesn’t chase you out of his apple tree.” -John Prine
12- “I always feel like every song is the last song.” -John Prine
13- “When you’re singing somebody else’s songs, it’s just pure joy to me” -John Prine
14- “I don’t concern myself with where I fit in. I just keep my head down and keep doing whatever it is I’m going.” -John Prine
15- “My music has been called so many different things over the years. I figure as long as it’s selling, call it what you want.” -John Prine
16- “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” -John Prine
17- “I did three club tours before I started playing concert halls, and the clubs were half full the first time around” -John Prine
18- “If dreams were thunder and lightning was desire this old house would have burned down a long time ago.” -John Prine
19- “I could never teach a class on songwriting. I’d tell them to goof off and find a good hideout. ” -John Prine
20- “I had a year-round Christmas tree with nothing but colored vinyl 45s hanging on it, like, old Elvis records and stuff” -John Prine
21- “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.” -John Prine
22- “I just like a good, sad song. The sadder, the better. It moves me. ” -John Prine
23- “I don’t like to be caught without a pick” -John Prine
24- “Writing songs used to be my hobby; it used to be my getaway. ” -John Prine
25- “My fans have always taken care of me” -John Prine
26- “I think of the Bible as an unauthorized biography. ” -John Prine
27- “Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down… and won” -John Prine
28- “I’m not good at remembering things, in general. ” -John Prine
29- “There’s only two things. There’s life, and there’s death.” -John Prine
30- “If some part of the review is true, those are the ones that sting.” -John Prine
31- “Johnny Cash was like Abraham Lincoln to me.” -John Prine
32- “If somebody tells me to work or exercise, I go the other way. I’ll come up with an excuse.” -John Prine
33- “You may be looking for someone / Someone may be looking for you / Someday you’ll awaken and open your eyes / And love will be looking at you” -John Prine
34- “Love has no mind / It can’t spell unkind / It’s never seen a heart shaped like a Valentine / For if love knew you, it’d walk up to you / And introduce you to an aimless love” -John Prine
