94 Quotes by Chris Isaak

I didn’t grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.

I’m a natural ham. It doesn’t bother me to perform.

I got by as a musician since day one. I don’t live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.

I’m not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I’m a very pragmatic kind of guy.

Glen Campbell told me, ‘Stay out of the way of a good song.’ I think it’s true. If a song’s good, don’t overdo it.

If I would get an album out every eight months and if I would write songs that were more up-tempo and try to focus more on making singles, then I could probably get more attention. But I don’t think the albums would be very fun to listen to, and it would be a drag for me.

One thing, when you’re an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you’re a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I’m working on new stuff for a new album right now.

I grew up, I was going I want to be Jerry Lee Lewis. Only I can’t play piano and sing that good.

The tough thing about radio is I’ve met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it’s hard for them to figure out how to play what they like when there’s somebody up above them yelling ’you have to play this.