A biography for Jack Savorettihasn’t been written yet.
“I just wanted to keep writing, playing and going out touring.”
“My love for America hasn't gone away, but the romantic view I had of it has definitely changed.”
“I feel more at home speaking to American people than most people in the world - the humor, the culture.”
“Scottish fans are such a warm crowd. I don't know what it is, there must be something in the water.”
“I have a lot of friends who have had very quick success, then failure, whereas I've had failure, failure, failure, then success.”
“I'd tell anyone starting in music, 'don't think that you and your songs alone will get you anywhere.'”
“For weeks we literally lived 'Europiana.' The band would arrive and I'd make a big lunch, eaten outside with loads of rose. Then we'd go inside to write in what is usually my living room but it became a studio. The sun and fun seeped into the songs.”
“When I played with Bruce Springsteen I watched him come on stage every night and play the first song as if it was the last song and he'd keep going like that for three hours.”
“I didn't study music and I didn't go to music school, but my education came with two films: 'Woodstock' and 'The Last Waltz.'”
“My wife took six years away from work to stay at home with the kids, which was really important to her. It meant I had to tour a lot!”
“Sometimes a song can snap you back into reality.”
“It might be my Italian blood but, to me, every album is like a restaurant... if one works, I get to open another But I don't want them to be like McDonald's with the same menu each time.”
“I think the crowds in the U.K. are actually the most knowledgeable about music, you have to pick up your game. You have to give them something they haven't heard before or haven't seen.”
“It doesn't matter what you do, it's how you do it.”
“Writing isn't about performing. Writing is like looking for treasure, so it's sort of like you're out in the field. I wouldn't wear a suit when I was digging for treasure, but I like to wear a suit when I show the world what I found.”
“North and South of Ireland people love to sing and that's a lovely thing. But Belfast is one of those cities that every time we come back to it's just booming.”
“I love cooking Italian food. My dad is Italian, although my dishes also have my mum's German-Polish influence.”
“My drive very much comes from the belief that, if I work really hard, I'll never have to get a job.”
“I don't want to be chatting with people over social media every day. I think that's a very dangerous thing.”
“The music business is like an ocean. It's filled with sharks and if you jump in naively, you're going to get bitten. What I decided to do is build my own ship with my own crew because I love sailing in this ocean.”