Chris Isaak Quotes

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• I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya?

  Chris Isaak

  People, Paper, Rock N Roll

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• I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.

  Chris Isaak

  Song, Writing, Guitar

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• It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.

  Chris Isaak

  Sex, People, Desire

  Song: Wicked Game

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• 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.

  Chris Isaak

  Thinking, Hair, People

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

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• I believe the angels listen, God hears us pray. And I believe in a beautiful day.

  Chris Isaak

  Beautiful, Religious, Believe

  Song: I Believe, Album: Forever Blue, 1995

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• I'm a hopeful romantic. In a couple of drinks, I'll be a lucky romantic. That's why they call me Mr. Lucky.

  Chris Isaak

  Couple, Hopeful, Lucky

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

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• I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life.

  Chris Isaak

  Song, Writing, Kids

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• 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.

  Chris Isaak

  Writing, Worry, Musician

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• 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.

  Chris Isaak

  Fun, Singing, Pressure

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• 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.

  Chris Isaak

  Hands, Clothes, Buttons

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• The tough thing about radio is I've met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it's hard for them to figure out how to play what they like when there's somebody up above them yelling 'you have to play this.

  Chris Isaak

  Yelling, Play, People

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• When I play it I look out and see people hold on to each other and dance or just couples leaning into each other and kiss. And I'll go: 'You know, I could have worked hard at school and been a dentist. But I'm so glad I didn't.' Because when I look out and see that I feel like the Pied Piper of love.

  Chris Isaak

  Inspirational, Dance, Couple

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

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• I keep things pretty simple.

  Chris Isaak

  Simple

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• 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.

  Chris Isaak

  Song, Writing, Thinking

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• I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.

  Chris Isaak

  Entertainers

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• I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.

  Chris Isaak

  Growing Up, Home, Typical

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• There was a misconception about me when I started off because I had my hair greased up and I have some vague resemblance to the hillbilly gene pool that Elvis came from. People would say, 'You want to be Elvis' and I would say, 'No'.

  Chris Isaak

  Hair, Resemblance Is, People

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• The '50s was a pretty wonderful time for people, it was hopeful.

  Chris Isaak

  People, Hopeful, Wonderful

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• If Frank Sinatra is singing, maybe everything will go good.

  Chris Isaak

  Singing, Frank, Ifs

  "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 don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life.

  Chris Isaak

  Thinking, People, Lucky

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

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• I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.

  Chris Isaak

  Real, Mean, Musician

  "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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• My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.

  Chris Isaak

  Writing, Advice, Miserable

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

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• Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

  Chris Isaak

  Self, Sound, Stuff

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• I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn.

  Chris Isaak

  Thinking, Self, Promotion

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• I think I've had the slowest, most methodical career in the business.

  Chris Isaak

  Thinking, Careers, Methodical

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