I know I'm good but I'm also a poser. That's artistic balance! In the second half of the century, "authenticity" would be what you made of it, a hall of mirrors. Put on the work shirt, young man. No b...
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.
(talking about his father) 230 pounds of nickels in Sears slacks.
It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.
Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why.
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.
Cause down the shore everything's all right
Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.
Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life, and perhaps I even built it to suit him to some degree.
I think that is what film and art and music do they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.
Walk tall, or baby don't walk at all.
Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true,But you and I know what this world can do.So let's make our steps clear so the other may see.And I'll wait for you...should I fall behind wait for me.
I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wan...
For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in my intelligence was elsewhere.
Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.
The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.
I think politics come out of psychology.
And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.