When I turned 40, I invited Johnny Cash to my party, even though I knew there was gonna be 200 people roasting… — 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… — 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
Kris Kristofferson and Steve Goodman were the two most unselfish people I ever met. — John Prine Copy Share Image
Even when I was coming up in the singer-songwriter ranks during the early '70s, I thought that people who were stylists and… — John Prine Copy Share Image
People keep inventing all these new machines, and producers and recording engineers keep wanting to use them. — 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
People thought we were crazy for starting a record company. They really thought I was shooting myself in the foot. — John Prine Copy Share Image
You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans… — 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
I think if you write from your own gut, you'll come up with something interesting, whereas if you sit around guessing what… — 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
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
