Song Quotes by Bill Callahan

To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the middle of…

— Bill Callahan

I was late to the Internet. I didn't really understand what it was. I didn't know what an email was.

— Bill Callahan

James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn't like this saddle.

— Bill Callahan

“And I hope each morning you wake like a bird in a nest and fly without a thought.”

— Bill Callahan

I have long begged off the question of my albums reflecting where I am 'at' personally. There is more inaccuracy in that approach than…

— Bill Callahan

“Love is the king of the beasts And when it gets hungry it must kill to eat Love is the king of the beasts…

— Bill Callahan

“I look forward to sleeping each night. The air is cool and it often starts to rain around 2:00 A.M., breaking the heat and…

— Bill Callahan

I've never detected a correlation between where I am and what I write. I think there could be something subconscious, though. And I can't…

— Bill Callahan

“I was trained to turn loneliness into laziness.”

— Bill Callahan

I didn't think I'd ever eat pork; it just does not appeal to me.

— Bill Callahan

I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's written incorrectly,…

— Bill Callahan

“The only words I've said today are "beer" and "thank you".”

— Bill Callahan

“You are the reason I get out of bed. To tell you that I have gotten out of bed.”

— Bill Callahan

Prose is like this big block - you write big paragraphs. I feel that when I'm reading and writing, that a prose book is…

— Bill Callahan

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes…

— Bill Callahan