I didn’t grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.
When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don’t really feel angry at them.
I still don’t know if I’m good enough or if it’s a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.
I put on music and I’m washing my car. And I put on music if you have somebody and you’re trying to make love. You put that on in the background and you go, maybe this will be romantic.
The things that got me through grade school are helping me out later in life. It’s like, I show up on time. If you buy a ticket to one of my shows, I’ll show up. I’ll be there. And if it says 10:00, I’ll be on stage at 10:00.
My advice is: if you’ve got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.
I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn.
If Frank Sinatra is singing, maybe everything will go good.
One thing, when you’re an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you’re a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I’m working on new stuff for a new album right now.
I think I’ve had the slowest, most methodical career in the business.
I’m a hopeful romantic. In a couple of drinks, I’ll be a lucky romantic. That’s why they call me Mr. Lucky.
I’m a natural ham. It doesn’t bother me to perform.
I’m not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I’m a very pragmatic kind of guy.
I’m the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I’m also available for children’s parties and bar mitzvahs.
I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.
The ’50s was a pretty wonderful time for people, it was hopeful.
The one thing I’ve always had going for me was people’s low expectations. Nobody ever expects a whole hell of a lot from me.
I’ve been gone on the road for the past three years; maybe I’ve been home for two or three weeks in a year. I literally live – it’s like one of those old movies where they show a train, and pages of a calendar are peeling away like leaves, and then there’s a picture of me with gray hair.
Singing is something that I’m always happy to do it and going in the studio I never felt any pressure. I just feel like I get to sing, you know. It’s fun.
I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had – it was all – these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing.
I think I’m in a really nice position, where I’m sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs.