If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction. — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I think are total travesties. Collaborating is trying to make a piece of music and get someone… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but I don't… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
Fame has a lot of baggage to carry around. I wouldn't want to be like Bruce Springsteen. I don't need that much money and… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
I guess my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did, was the biggest record… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels,… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
I spent a few years here in Memphis, in the late '70s and early '80s, where I was studying a lot of country blues… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, there are all these Big Star freaks, and they’re nice little guys who are usually in college, and they’re kind of… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll come up with a lick that I really love, and I'll try to put the right words to it for years. Suddenly… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
