133 Quotes by John Prine

In high school, I was a poor student.

'Sam Stone' is a song about futility.

I did three club tours before I started playing concert halls, and the clubs were half full the first time around.

I don't like to be caught without a pick.

I hate to admit it to my wife, but I only wear two outfits on the road, and then a third one during the day, but I carry about 20.

I was kind of thrown into - I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist. I was just playing music for the fun of it and writing songs. That was kind of my escape, you know, from the humdrum of the world.

Yeah, early '71 is when I got my record contract. I had a record come out by August of '71. Things happened really fast.