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John Prine
John Prine
American Musician
Born: Oct 10, 1946
Like Me Music People Think You
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I embraced loneliness as a kid. I know what loneliness is. When you're at the end of your rope. I never forget those feelings. John Prine
Loneliness You Feelings Kid Those Embraced Never Never Forget Know End Forget Rope Your
I'm kind of like the Lone Ranger or Batman. I can just go to my mansion and jump out in my uniform and sing on weekends. John Prine
Batman Ranger Out Kind Lone Lone Ranger Weekends Like Sing Go Jump Just Uniform Mansion
There's nothing I hate more than canceling shows. John Prine
Hate Nothing More Than Shows
I never gave up on 'Archie.' I started picking up 'Archie' comics when I was in my thirties, and then I started subscribing to them. John Prine
Thirties Gave Archie Never Picking Comics Up Them Then Started
It doesn't hit you until you pull up to the hospital, and you see 'cancer' in big letters, and you're the patient. Then it all kind of comes home. John Prine
Home You Cancer Big Patient Kind See Hospital Until Up Hit Then Letters Pull
To tell you the truth, the nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame totally surprised me. I had no idea that was coming. I know a lot of people like to say it's enough just to be nominated. But I've been nominated for so many things, I'd like to get this one. I think it's a long shot, considering I never had a No. 1 rock n' roll record. John Prine
Truth Me You People Long Think Enough Considering Say Tell Record No Idea Totally Never Had Long Shot Idea Like Know Nominated Nomination Hall Rock Rock And Roll Coming Rock-N-Roll Surprised Been Lot Fame Get Roll Just Shot Many Things
The only time I ever think about getting old is when I look in the mirror. I feel pretty good about it, actually. John Prine
Time Good Old Mirror Getting Old Think Pretty Pretty Good About Only Only Time Feel Look Getting Ever Actually
I was a mailman walking in the snow six days a week, 12-hour days. Every two weeks, I'd get a check for $228. John Prine
Every Week Weeks Check Days Walking Get Snow Six Six Days Two Two Weeks
Kris Kristofferson and Steve Goodman were the two most unselfish people I ever met. John Prine
People Met Unselfish Goodman Most Steve Were Ever Two
I always feel like every song is the last song. John Prine
Song Every Feel Like Always Last
I try to write about things that actually happened so that I know it's real before I put it down on paper. John Prine
Try Before Down Paper About Write Put Know Real Happened Actually Things
In my songs, I try to look through someone else's eyes, and I want to give the audience a feeling more than a message. John Prine
Eyes Try Feeling Else Someone Give More Through Songs Look Message Audience Than Want
I'll go to the movies and hear 'Angel From Montgomery' in some film, and nobody ever even told me about it. They don't tell you your stuff is going to be in a movie. They don't have to, so they don't tell you. You get paid eventually. John Prine
Me You Angel Montgomery Tell Some About Nobody Stuff Go Hear Get Going Movie Movies Paid Your Even Film Eventually Ever
I can blame a lot of things for not writing songs, but cancer isn't one of them. John Prine
Blame Writing Cancer Songs Lot Them Things
I'm not good at remembering things, in general. John Prine
Good General Remembering Things
When I was a mailman, writing songs was my escape from the regular world, and now writing songs is my job. And I've always been one to avoid my job. John Prine
Writing World Job Songs Always Been Escape Regular Avoid Now
I wrote most of 'Hello in There' in a relay box, which looks like a mail box, only bigger. Sometimes, it was so cold and windy on my mail route that I'd go inside the relay box and eat a sandwich, just to get away from the wind. I remember working on 'Hello in There' inside the relay box. John Prine
Sometimes Remember Wind Cold Relay Inside Eat Windy Only Mail Like Most Wrote Looks Box Go Get Just Bigger Which Sandwich Working Hello Away Route
Even when I was coming up in the singer-songwriter ranks during the early '70s, I thought that people who were stylists and stuff shoulda still been up on the pedestal. I mean, it's fine to recognize people who write songs, but it kinda got out of hand, you know? John Prine
You People Thought Pedestal Ranks Recognize Out Kinda Fine Write Songs Stuff Know Singer-Songwriter Got Still Coming Were Been Hand Up Mean Who Even Early
You get to thinking that because you've written 50 or 100 songs, you think maybe you know how to do it. But when they're not coming along, you're just as in the dark as you ever were. When they're coming along, there's nothing to it. Sometimes it's so easy, it's like you're a court stenographer. John Prine
You Dark Sometimes Nothing Think Thinking Easy Songs Written Along Like Know Because Court How Coming Were Get Maybe Just Ever
I don't concern myself with where I fit in. I just keep my head down and keep doing whatever it is I'm going. John Prine
Myself Whatever Down Head Concern Doing Fit Going Just Where Keep
I don't like to see Christmas trees torn down. John Prine
Christmas Down Trees Torn See Like
If some part of the review is true, those are the ones that sting. John Prine
Those Some Part True Sting Review
I can't really sit around and talk with people who believe that the Bible is the way it happened, because that's man-made. I'm a writer, too; that's how I look at the Bible. Like, 'I could've written a better version than that,' you know? At least a more interesting one, and then maybe more people would go to church. I could definitely do a revamp. John Prine
You Bible People Better Church Sit Believe Too Way Definitely Would More More People Could Writer Written Like Know Look Talk Because Around How Least Go Version Than Man-Made Maybe Happened Interesting Then Really Who
I found it easier to make up songs than to learn other people's songs. John Prine
People Other Easier Songs Make Learn Make Up Up Than Found
I was kind of shy as a lad, and a lot of things that made me laugh, I found, did not make other people laugh. John Prine
Me People Made Other Laugh Kind Make Lot Did Lad Found Things Shy
I guess what I always found funny was the human condition. John Prine
Funny Guess Always Condition Human Human Condition Found
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