When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous. John Prine More Quotes by John Prine More Quotes From John Prine Now Jesus don't like killin'/No matter what the reason's for. John Prine no-matter-whatmatterjesus Sometimes a steering wheel is better than a guitar John Prine People keep inventing all these new machines, and producers and recording engineers keep wanting to use them. John Prine newmachinesengineerspeople I always had an affinity for older people. I had a job delivering newspapers, and one place I had to go was an old people's home. Some people would introduce you to their neighbors as if you were a nephew or grandson. They didn't get many visitors, so they acted like you were coming to see them. And that stuck with me for a long time. John Prine meyouhometime I guess I just process death differently than some folks. Realizing you're not going to see that person again is always the most difficult part about it. But that feeling settles, and then you are glad you had that person in your life, and then the happiness and the sadness get all swirled up inside you. John Prine youhappinesslifedeath One time, I went to school, and they asked us all to find out where our roots were. It's goin' around the class, and the kids were going, 'I'm Swedish-German' or 'I'm English-Irish.' They got to me and I said, 'Pure Kentuckian.' John Prine merootstimeschool When I turned 40, I invited Johnny Cash to my party, even though I knew there was gonna be 200 people roasting a pig and wild as can be. He didn't come, but the next day, I got a bowl of chili he'd made and a note that said, 'John, I'd love to come to your party, but that would mean I would have to leave my house.' John Prine dayhouselovepeople I became a recording artist before I knew it. And I just - when I would listen to my old records, I'd just hear this young, extremely nervous fella that that made me want to run out of the room, you know, rather than listen to what he had to say. John Prine knowmeyouartist I just like a good, sad song. The sadder, the better. It moves me. John Prine goodmesadsong 'The Ways of a Woman in Love' is one of my very favorite early Johnny Cash songs. I like the way the lyric talks about the character walking by the girl's house and wishing he was the one in her arms. John Prine womangirllovecharacter I could never teach a class on songwriting. I'd tell them to goof off and find a good hideout. John Prine findnevergoodteach As far as guitar picking, if I make the same mistakes at the same time every day, people will start calling it a style. John Prine daystyletimepeople I take my own syrup, ketchup, and mustard, just in case of emergencies, in my suitcase. Whatever I can steal from the hotels. It's usually Heinz ketchup, and they give you a weird mustard. You don't get French's or anything; you get some sort of Dijon or some mustard. That's just for hot dogs. I don't use mustard for anything else. John Prine weirdyoumy-ownhot I didn't hear anybody talking about the plight of a soldier coming back home and what he'd gone through. That was why I wrote about that stuff. If somebody else had done it, I probably wouldn't have touched the subject. John Prine backsoldierhometalking I think the best duets are those where there's a dialogue back and forth, and then the two singers go into a thing together. John Prine bestgothinktogether I did three club tours before I started playing concert halls, and the clubs were half full the first time around. John Prine concertthreefirst-timetime I hate to admit it to my wife, but I only wear two outfits on the road, and then a third one during the day, but I carry about 20. John Prine roaddaywifehate My sense of humor has saved me more than a couple of times in my life. John Prine my-lifemehumorlife If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that's pretty good. John Prine laughgoodmyselfi-can I like doing chores. John Prine doinglikechores
