Glen Campbell told me, ‘Stay out of the way of a good song.’ I think it’s true. If a song’s good, don’t overdo it.
I grew up, I was going I want to be Jerry Lee Lewis. Only I can’t play piano and sing that good.
I wear a lot of second hand clothes unless I have a concert and then I wear beaded and sequined second hand clothes. No stylist dresses me although I do have a woman that assists me with the buttons.
Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.
I put music on and I drive around town.
I think everybody in my generation, we wanted to be Elvis.
I don’t think I’ve had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I’ve had a pretty lucky life.
I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn’t have money to travel. I thought I’d have to join the military to get to Europe. So I’m thrilled to travel.
My only expenses are probably guitar strings and records.
I got by as a musician since day one. I don’t live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.
I believe the angels listen, God hears us pray. And I believe in a beautiful day.
If I would get an album out every eight months and if I would write songs that were more up-tempo and try to focus more on making singles, then I could probably get more attention. But I don’t think the albums would be very fun to listen to, and it would be a drag for me.
I don’t know what people think in making record is like. But basically, I got a bunch of spaghetti and spaghetti sauce, and the whole band was staying at my house and we had a ball.
I’m in showbusiness. I’m an entertainer.
My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, they’re the best songs ever.
It’s strange what desire will make foolish people do.
I hate modern car radios. In my car, I don’t even have a push-button radio. It’s just got a dial and two knobs. Just AM. One knob makes it louder, and one knob changes the station. When you’re driving, that’s all I want.
I blow up fireworks all the time, and I love making milkshakes and banana splits.
I don’t spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I’m done.
I picked songs that I’ve been singing my whole life that stuck with me. I tried to pick stuff that was a variety. And I think the same way I always imagine that people are going to play the record at their house and I imagine them doing stuff with music on, like the way I am.