John Hiatt Quotes

• When the road gets dark - And you can no longer see - Just let my love throw a spark - And have a little faith in me.

  John Hiatt

  Dark, Littles, Sparks

  Song: Have A Little Faith In Me

  52 Copy quote

• Whatever your hands find to do, you must do with all your heart.

  John Hiatt

  Inspirational, Children, Heart

  Song: Through Your Hands

  20 Copy quote

• Sometimes love can be so wrong/Like a fat man in a thong.

  John Hiatt

  Men, Sometimes, Time Love

  Song: Terms of my Surrender, 2014

  14 Copy quote

• I see you over there, just clinging to the wall. Because they told you like ivy you were bound to crawl. But you kept looking up, girl, and I know why. You knew someday you were gonna touch the sky.

  John Hiatt

  Girl, Wall, Sky

  11 Copy quote

• My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail?

  John Hiatt

  Song, Attitude, Writing

  6 Copy quote

• Some folks they take to living fast while some prefer a slow death.

  John Hiatt

  Death, Folks

  Song: Death By Misadventure, 1983

  9 Copy quote

• [But] they can't kill music. God knows, they've tried. But music always wins. As long as there's kids coming up that have a passion. All the bean counters in the world can't kill that. You know? You just can't. They can try, of course, to feed you the most puerile, benign horse manure, but some kid's going to come along and demand something more than that.

  John Hiatt

  Horse, Passion, Kids

  8 Copy quote

• It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much.

  John Hiatt

  Writing, Singers, Performing

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• He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by. He kept his boogers in his desk, he wore a neck tie.

  John Hiatt

  Education, Kids, Ties

  Song: The Night That Kenny Died, Album: Slug Line

  9 Copy quote

• He's on a mission of mercy to the new frontier, he's gonna check us all on out of here. Up to that mansion on a hill, where you can get your prescription filled.

  John Hiatt

  Hills, Mercy, Missions

  Song: Riding with the King

  4 Copy quote

• Motorboat to heaven, baby's got the key. Tell me, how am I supposed to get in close back here on these water skis?

  John Hiatt

  Baby, Keys, Water

  8 Copy quote

• I've been circling the wagons down at Times Square, trying to fill up this hole in my soul but nothing fits in there.

  John Hiatt

  Art, Media, Squares

  Song: Buffalo River Home

  4 Copy quote

• I'd always wanted to make a record with Jim Dickinson, and I'd known about his boys for years, ... He reminded me that when they were 13 or 14 years old they had a punk rock band and I'd called him and wanted to make a record with them then.

  John Hiatt

  Boys, Rocks, Years

  5 Copy quote

• I am the student who picks his nose, so come over here and take off your clothes.

  John Hiatt

  Education, Clothes, Noses

  Song: I Want Your Love Inside Of Me, Album: Overcoats

  7 Copy quote

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