24 Quotes by John Hiatt

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I see you over there, just clinging to the wall. Because they told you like ivy you were bound to crawl. But you kept looking up, girl, and I know why. You knew someday you were gonna touch the sky.

Motorboat to heaven, baby's got the key. Tell me, how am I supposed to get in close back here on these water skis?