Quotes by Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak

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

Self

Sound

Stuff

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.

Song

Thinking

Writing

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

Beautiful

Believe

Religious

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

Bananas

Blow

Splits

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.

Europe

Military

Towns

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.

Guitar

House

Party

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

Growing Up

Home

Typical

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.

Hair

People

Thinking

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.

Lucky

People

Thinking

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

Mean

Musician

Real

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Beautiful

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Bother

Buttons

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Dad

Desire

Different

Europe

Expectations

Fun

Generations

Growing Up

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Hair

Ham

Hands

Hell

Home

Hopeful

House

Kids

Later In Life

Lucky

Mean

Military

Miserable

Musician

Natural

Nice

Nine

Party

Past

People

Piano

Play

Promotion

Real

Records

Religious

Resemblance Is

School

Self

Sex

Simple

Song

Sound

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Quotes by Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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