I can blame a lot of things for not writing songs, but cancer isn't one of them. — John Prine Copy Share Image
You know that first love that leaves you? You never forget that, especially if you're a songwriter. I must have gotten nine… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an… — John Prine Copy Share Image
Howie Epstein was a kind, patient, and extremely talented musician. He took two years out of his life and dedicated his undivided… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I feel basically good about my career because it's remained constant. What I do has never been especially in vogue or gotten… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I was kind of thrown into - I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist. I was… — John Prine Copy Share Image
You get to thinking that because you've written 50 or 100 songs, you think maybe you know how to do it. But… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't… — John Prine Copy Share Image
In my songs, I try to look through someone else's eyes, and I want to give the audience a feeling more than… — John Prine Copy Share Image
All the girls over there in Ireland are well versed in American country music. Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline are like king… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't… — John Prine Copy Share Image
Soon as I could play one guitar chord and laid my ear upon that wood, I was gone. My soul was sold.… — John Prine Copy Share Image
My music has been called so many different things over the years. I figure as long as it's selling, call it what… — John Prine Copy Share Image
Because of my song 'Sam Stone,' a lot of people thought I was interested in writing protest songs. Writing protest songs always… — John Prine Copy Share Image
If you listen to people talk, when people actually talk, they talk in melodies. If they get angry, their voice rises, and… — John Prine Copy Share Image
When I was a mailman, writing songs was my escape from the regular world, and now writing songs is my job. And… — John Prine Copy Share Image
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… — John Prine Copy Share Image
When I turned 40, I invited Johnny Cash to my party, even though I knew there was gonna be 200 people roasting a pig… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I always had an affinity for older people. I had a job delivering newspapers, and one place I had to go was an old… — John Prine Copy Share Image
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… — John Prine Copy Share Image
“I come home from work this evening there was a note in the frying pan said Fix Your Own Supper Babe I Run Off… — John Prine Copy Share Image
Blow up your TV...throw away your paper...move to the country and build you a home. Plant a little garden...eat a lot of peaches...try and… — John Prine Copy Share Image
Howie Epstein was a kind, patient, and extremely talented musician. He took two years out of his life and dedicated his undivided attention to… — John Prine Copy Share Image
The more producers I talked to, the more I got looked at like I was crazy for wanting to make a live-sounding album. — John Prine Copy Share Image
I was kind of shy as a lad, and a lot of things that made me laugh, I found, did not make other people… — John Prine Copy Share Image
To tell you the truth, the nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame totally surprised me. I had no idea that was… — John Prine Copy Share Image
