Chris Isaak Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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?”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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'.”

“I'm not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I'm a very pragmatic kind of guy.”

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

“In the long run, there are people who've made more money or had bigger stardom at points. But, I think I'll have come out winning.”