Quotes
Here’s a list of the quotes we display on our site:
“There’s really other people from Idaho here? Hell yes. The chances of your ending up here are about the same as mine, I guess.”
“I nearly saw your show and it was brilliant.”
“This is a very romantic instrument… if you happen to be married to your sister.”
“This is a song by a songwriter that shows a lot of promise, Neil Young. I’ve been trying to help him out… by buying his records.”
“That’s my life story. Yea, I know, that’s too much information.”
“He sang all those old Smiths songs and made me feel 17 again. It was pretty amazing as I was 26 at the time.”
“The first guy really sucked and everybody left.”
“Not only were we the first to create football, we were the first to cut off the head of our monarch.”
“We’ve got a new record coming out March 24th. It’s bad-ass. You must buy it.”
“This song sound a lot better when you listen.”
“I haven’t stayed up this late in a really long time.”
“I’ve been playing with this guy for 17 years… He’s 19 now.”
“I only got 35 minutes so we got no time for cheering. I got some rapping to do.”
“We play music because we love it, you listen because you love. What the f***, the world is alright sometimes. ”
“Back when a record was more than a record. And a record store was more than a record store, it was a thing of beauty.”
“I recognize you from Deadwood. I love you. Thank you for being so great.”
"So I'll meet you at the bottom if there really is one / They always told me when you hit it you'll know it / But I've been falling so long it's like gravity's gone and I'm just floating"
"Paul said to Peter, 'you gotta rock yourself a little harder. Pretend the dove from above is a dragon and your feet are on fire.'"
"Sweet blossom come on, under the willow, we can have high times if you’ll abide / We can discover the wonders of nature, rolling in the rushes down by the riverside."
"If you just want to be vile and he steps out for awhile, I’ll be coming around"
"someone tell me why / I act like a fool / when things don't go my way / and you're around me / I'm somebody else"
"If my life were a movie you'd be buried in the credits, you'd me woman number two with her head up her a**."
"Sitting in my swing set swaying to get away / Sissy says, 'Don't worry, it'll be OK' / So we do what we always do, stay out of the way."
“I swallowed all my pride, washed it down with all yours.”
“I don’t believe in marriage—and I hate kids, ‘Sex in the City’ and every movie that Meg Ryan ever did.”
“Some of you sent in money because the government hadn’t thought of it yet.”
“It's just a little taste of home on stage. Britney Spears has snakes and lesbians, I have my gran's carpet.”
“A playlist without Elvis Costello is like a trip to the drive-thru safari without monkeys ripping the winshield wipers off your car. What's the point?”
“Prepare to Rock and/or Roll.”
“Well I wanna be a better man, but I got a short attention span”
“I'm trying to be less polite, I'm saying what I really think. The President's a fool, I don't wanna get up early and I wish I had a good stiff drink.”
"It only hurts when I'm alive. Things are lookin' up all the time."
"These are the days that I've been missing. Give me the taste, give me the joy of summer wine."
"Take me out tonight, where there's music and there's people and they're young and alive."
"Truly to sing, that is a different breath."
"It's Saturday and the band is playing, honey could we ask for more?"
"Reporter: Are you a mod, or a rocker? / Ringo: Um, no. I'm a mocker."
"There's a faith you're saving for a rainy day I could use right now."
"This world is hopeless, but I love it anyway."
"Fear is the lock, and laughter the key to your heart."
"Let's see, I got to bed around 4:00 and got up at 7:30. That's all a real man needs, right? This next five minutes is gonna count though, it's what makes the difference between me sounding like an ass and sounding like a genius."
"But do you believe in something beautiful? Then get up and be it."
"Here is the easiest wat to explain the genius of Johnny Cash: Singing from the perspective of a convicted murderer in the song 'Folsom Prison Blues,' Cash is struck by pangs of regret when he sits in his cell and hears a distant train whistle. This is because people on that train are, 'Probably drinkin' coffee.' And this is also why Cash seems completely credible as a felon: He doesn't want freedom or friendship or Jesus or a new lawyer. He wants coffee."
“If you catch me, don’t let me go.”
“This song is about sex & drugs. That always gets a cheer, even in the retirement homes, it gets a hearty, ‘Yeah!’”
“This is a pirate song. In the landlocked states it’s more of a cowboy-desperado song but we’re in Florida now, so I figured what the hell. It’s a pirate song now. So, if you’ll sing along on the chorus, there’s not so much lyrics as raw emoting. Think ’shy’ pirate.”
“I know that if you’re applauding for us that you never heard us. We weren’t very good.”
“I’m just trying to have a good time, you just wanna make your problems mine. Take a number honey ‘cause I got no time tonight, get in the back of the line.”
“More rockin' less talkin'? You're at the wrong show sweetheart.”
“He’s in a band called the Gentlemen and a band called the Figgs, he's got a band his wife gave him and he's banned in four countries.”
“I can order it for you. No one in this town has heard of that band.”
“The weight of guilt son’s gonna drag you down… If you can’t bear no crosses, you can’t wear no crown”
“You know where the door is, don’t let it hit you from behind. I know where the floor is and I’ll lower that bar every time.”
“It’s a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart It¹s getting harder and harder to tell them apart.”
“Watch what you say to someone with nothing, its almost like having it all.”
“And If I was a better man I’d take the time to try to see what it is that makes me worthy of what you see in me.”
“Mall of america, pristine and sterilized. And woe to those who can’t afford the price.”
“I’m not officially open but I don’t want to deny a man his beer. That’s just treason.”
“This song goes out to what’s her name wherever she is.”
“Same girl, different harmonica…”
“If I were in tune, this would be a great set.”
“It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a college degree and are an astronaut. White trash is white trash.”
Guy #1: “Did you come down here to listen to music?”
Guy #2” “No, I just came down to get drunk in a different city.”
Guy #2” “No, I just came down to get drunk in a different city.”
“We are playing two more show tonight and unlike my more professional friends I have no idea where they are.”
Woman in crowd: “I love you Joe Purdy.”
Joe Purdy, without missing a beat: “I thought I told you to wait in the truck.”
Joe Purdy, without missing a beat: “I thought I told you to wait in the truck.”
“This is the tiny voice of reason struggling under the [onslaught] of rock.”
Guy in crowd: “Play one more!”
Joe Purdy: “I’ve heard that one before, right after play the good one.”
Joe Purdy: “I’ve heard that one before, right after play the good one.”
“We’re the Band of Heathens for those of you who just got here… And for those of you who just forgot.”
Bartender: “What kind of bourbon do you want?”
Patron: “Whatever’s on special.”
Bartender: “Honey, they’re all special to me.”
Patron: “Whatever’s on special.”
Bartender: “Honey, they’re all special to me.”
“Why don’t you teach these people how to create chaos from beauty.”
“Over the last few years people have said ‘why do you write so many political songs?’ What part of Copperhead Road do you think is not political?”
“Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side and a dark side and it holds the universe together.”
“You know you’ve been touring too much when you’ve got a favorite Motel 6 in every town.”
Sound guy: “You’ve got one more guys.”
Leeroy Stagger: “Perfect, that’s all we know.”
Leeroy Stagger: “Perfect, that’s all we know.”
“I’m not listening to you sir. You are audience, I am rock icon. (Pause) I guess we’re kicked off another label.”
“I usually say a lot of witty things but we don’t have a lot of time so I’d rather let my music do the talking.”
“We’re a band with our priorities straight, he’s talking about the murder of innocents and you’re talking about your hair.”
Guy #1, referring to the artist who just performed: “You have a picture of you hugging her?”
Guy #2: “Actually it was me holding her up.”
Guy #2: “Actually it was me holding her up.”
Guy #1, referring to the artist who just performed: “You have a picture of you hugging her?”
Guy #2: “Actually it was me holding her up.”
Guy #2: “Actually it was me holding her up.”
“Maybe money can’t buy happiness but it can buy drugs and alcohol and that’s close enough”
“I heard Willie [Nelson] on Howard Stern. No, not Howard J Stern. What if Willie is the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby?”
“Little tune-up here. It’s my gift of tuning to you.”
“1…2…you know what to do.”
“I’ve only had two and a half beers. If I’d had 7 then my definition of love for you would be suspect.”
"I encourage you to keep your cell phones on. It might be a money call, you never know."
"If you get a song in a tv show or movie, you make money. I'm not just here to entertain folks, I'm here to teach."
"Any requests? '4th of July?' I'm sorry sir, I can't play that after Labor Day."
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