120 Quotes by Michael McDonald

I played so many clubs growing up, and back in that period, in the '60s, we'd play, like, four, five sets a night.

I'm always like the guy who wants to date the pretty girl so bad, and when he finally gets the chance, he blows it because he spends too much time worrying about it.

I grew up in the era where everybody wanted to sing like Mitch Ryder and James Brown. And I did, too. But I learned real quick that it hurts after a while.

I enjoy it immensely, but I'm not comfortable on stage as a person.

For me, one of the best things of having been a Doobie Brother is that the people involved always were great people.

I have friends who write all the time, and I envy them terribly.

I could never be grateful enough to the Doobies for the opportunities the organization gave me over the years.

I love to write songs, but they don't come easy to me - I spend a lot of time writing really dumb stuff that I have to look at the next day and think, 'God, what was I thinking?' That's my process, is just to go through a lot of dumb stuff and hope that, after a lot of hard work, I'll find a good idea.

I'm not the kind of artist who can just gear myself to a particular radio format without looking like a fashion victim.