John Hiatt Quotes (11 Quotes)


    This is just one of many, many incidences where people have treated federal land as part of their operations, just sort of done whatever they have felt like doing, to make it work for them.

    I'd always wanted to make a record with Jim Dickinson, and I'd known about his boys for years, ... He reminded me that when they were 13 or 14 years old they had a punk rock band and I'd called him and wanted to make a record with them then.

    In the end, it's not going to have very much impact. We've closed the barn door after the horse is gone.

    Put yourself in that position. To hear your song on the radio or on someone's CD or record -- that somebody would bother -- is great. It's nothing but a compliment. Plus you get money in the mailbox.

    I'm like, 'Yeah, right.' At first I thought it was a friend putting me on.


    Like this one a few years ago Hello, John, this is Eric Clapton, ... Love to do your song.

    What it shows is that nobody really cares about the Meadow Valley Wash. When push comes to shove, it's not clear that anybody will do anything about anything.

    For the first several songs, Hiatt performed with rock 'n' roll energy, sawing away on his guitar and blowing his harmonica with near abandon. After completing a furious version of Your Dad Did, ... I love folk music.

    When the road gets dark - And you can no longer see - Just let my love throw a spark - And have a little faith in me.

    Jim Dickinson is a musical shaman. He not only understands and knows music, he knows and understands the people who make it. It was kind of freaky sometimes, because he would seem to know what we were thinking musically before we played it, then he'd articulate it in a way that made more sense than how we envisioned it.

    She came onto him like a slow movin' cold front -- His beer was warmer than the look in her eyes.


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