Chris Isaak Quotes - Page 2

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• I did all my guitar playing at my house. And then finally, I was throwing hay and stuff working in Stockton and somebody offered - somehow they had heard me singing at the house and said: Hey, I'll hire you for our fraternity party or sorority party. And I said: Well, are they going to pay me? And he said: Yeah, we'll pay you 50 bucks.

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  Party, Guitar, House

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Stupid, People, Embarrassed

  "Chris Isaak is a 'Lucky' new man". Interview with Shanon Cook, edition.cnn.com. March 4, 2009.

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• I'm not a very spiritual guy when it comes to music. I remember hearing Carlos Santana say that angels helped him write his songs. And I thought, 'Really, angels?

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  Spiritual, Song, Writing

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• I grew up, I was going I want to be Jerry Lee Lewis. Only I can't play piano and sing that good.

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  Play, Piano, Want

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs.

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  Stars, Children, Party

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• 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.

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  People, Expectations, Hell

  "Most Happy Fella – On New Album Chris Isaak Takes A Walk In The Sun". Interview with Dan Aquilante, nypost.com. February 15, 2002.

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• 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.

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  Home, Past, Hair

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• If you listen to old Jerry Lee Lewis records, he'll always - about nine times out of 10 have the lyrics different than the original record is.

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  Different, Records, Nine

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Military, Europe, Towns

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• I think everybody in my generation, we wanted to be Elvis.

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  Thinking, Generations, Wanted

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• My only expenses are probably guitar strings and records.

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  Guitar, Records, Strings

  "Q&A WITH CHRIS ISAAK : So '60s Square, So '90s Cool". Interview with Jean Rosenbluth, articles.latimes.com. April 21, 1993.

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• 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.

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  Thinking, People, House

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Song, Thinking, Play

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Love You, Car, Making Love

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• I blow up fireworks all the time, and I love making milkshakes and banana splits.

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  Blow, Splits, Bananas

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• 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.

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  Hate, Two, Car

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• 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.

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  Desire, Calling, Talent

  "Musician Chris Isaak". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. November 15, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Song, Growing Up, Dad

  "Musician Chris Isaak". "Travis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 15, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Song, Nice, Writing

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• I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

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  Ham, Natural, Bother

  "Chris Isaak: 'My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck!'" by Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. March 1, 2012.

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• I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.

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  Song, Writing, Flaws

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• I put music on and I drive around town.

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  Towns

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Сonsidered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Song, Fun, Writing

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• 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.

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  Mom, Song, Growing Up

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• 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.

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  School, Later In Life, Tickets

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