24 Quotes by John Hiatt

He's on a mission of mercy to the new frontier, he's gonna check us all on out of here. Up to that mansion on a hill, where you can get your prescription filled.

I've been circling the wagons down at Times Square, trying to fill up this hole in my soul but nothing fits in there.

He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by. He kept his boogers in his desk, he wore a neck tie.

My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail?

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.

I am the student who picks his nose, so come over here and take off your clothes.

It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much.

Some folks they take to living fast while some prefer a slow death.

Sometimes love can be so wrong/Like a fat man in a thong,