John Prine Quotes

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John Prine

Profession : Singer

Birth : October 10, 1946

The only reason I figured out I didn't like my old records to listen was I could hear how nervous I was and how uncomfortable I was. And who would want to sit around and listen to yourself being uncomfortable?

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I sound like that old guy down the street that doesn't chase you out of his apple tree.

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I think I've finally, after 72 years, gotten used to my voice, and it sounds like a friend now instead of an enemy.

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The best way to write a song is to think of something else and then the song kind of creeps in.

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It was always difficult for me to listen to my singing voice for the first 20 years or so. I mean, I really enjoyed singing, and I enjoyed doing live shows, but being in a recording studio and having to hear my voice played back to me would really drive me up the wall.

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I had a year-round Christmas tree with nothing but colored vinyl 45s hanging on it, like, old Elvis records and stuff.

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I have to have something that really excites me in order to write about it.

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Johnny Cash was like Abraham Lincoln to me.

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I still enjoy the heck out of getting up there to play shows every night.

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Ignorance is bliss as a writer, I think.

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After cancer, I ain't scared of nothing.

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There's nothing I hate more than canceling shows.

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For me, there's nothing like performing.

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I never gave up on 'Archie.' I started picking up 'Archie' comics when I was in my thirties, and then I started subscribing to them.

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It doesn't hit you until you pull up to the hospital, and you see 'cancer' in big letters, and you're the patient. Then it all kind of comes home.

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After a couple bouts with cancer and everything, black cats are nothin', you know?

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My first Grammy nomination? I was 24 - I was nominated for best new artist of the year.

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The only time I ever think about getting old is when I look in the mirror. I feel pretty good about it, actually.

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My music has been called so many different things over the years. I figure as long as it's selling, call it what you want.

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You know that first love that leaves you? You never forget that, especially if you're a songwriter. I must have gotten nine songs out of that girl.

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