John Popper

“Yeah, some people said I tried to rip off Cat Stevens and Stevie Wonder. Oh, well. I've always admired those guys. But for me, the singing is very personal.”

“Blues Traveler is a democracy.”

“I was too fat to play Red Rocks, I was so huge that it endangered my heart to be up on stage.”

“Before I got into music I was going to be a mercenary.”

“I like the NRA, but the NRA is forced to occupy a pole, the anti-gun bill people occupy another pole. And the answer is in the middle.”

“There are some rap acts that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands. The Beastie Boys could do it very easily. Digable Planets could do it.”

“Working with Secondhand Serenade, I just felt like a songwriter, you know, working with another songwriter.”

“A three-hour show is like a whole different experience. It's like the full game. You warm it up in the first half and get your pace in the second half. It's all about celebrating the pace.”

“We're great live players.”

“Live music is the future of rock n' roll.”

“If you look at the broadsword, you had to be really mad at the guy you were running across the battlefield at, because that thing was heavy. So there was a time when we were just running at each other, swinging sharp, heavy objects. That was how world policy was decided.”

“No one has a responsibility to help anyone, and that's why helping is such a nice thing, and such a good thing.”

“If you're going to be creative, you ultimately have to be in different ways because if you're going to be in the same ways, you're not being creative anymore.”

“I basically have enough time and patience in my life to do Blues Traveler and one other thing.”

“There are plenty of very different sounding bands that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands.”

“We need to update laws to ensure that songwriters and artists can practice their art and maintain a career from their renowned works. We need to make sure those creators get paid fairly when others use their work.”

“It sucks when people hear rumors that you're dead.”

“I weighed 410 pounds. Never in my life did I think I would get that fat.”

“I'd felt these chest pains for a year, but I usually could concentrate my way out of them or sit a little differently, and I would be feeling better.”

“By and large, people tend to be reasonable. I hope I'm right. I'm not sure I am.”