A biography for John Popperhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a total food addict, and I've got to treat it that way.”
“Some day we'll be a 35-year-old band, and then we'll be a 40-year-old band - I daresay that we will be a 50-year-old band. And at each step of those I really, sincerely hope that we become a band that was worth following for 50 years.”
“Recording in the studio is always a paring-down for us.”
“I think we've created a middle class in rock & roll and we sort of just keep trudging along and having a ball.”
“It's your right to own a gun. It's a privilege to own a car.”
“Ultimately, musicians make their money in live concerts.”
“I wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't funny enough to do it every night.”
“Look at bands like the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers - they represented something real because they could kick live.”
“For those of us who have had the good fortune of a career in music, we feel an obligation to speak out for the next generation of music makers.”
“Usually a song is supposed to be between three and four minutes; twenty minutes is a little bit long.”
“There's nothing like the fear of death to get you motivated.”
“I fainted in airports twice on different occasions, because I didn't get my food right.”
“A good producer sees something in you you don't see in yourself.”
“The way we got our audience was very organic.”
“We need to identify insane people. I don't think they should have guns, cars or be allowed to vote. I think they need care.”
“It occurred to me on a whim that I'd always wanted a harmonica.”
“You know, technology caught up with precisely what was wrong with the way that I used food.”
“I heard a lot of Cat Stevens when I was a kid and, subliminally, I guess it had an effect.”
“The Spin Doctors' success kinda kicked a few doors open for us.”
“I never considered myself a Deadhead, though I always liked the Dead.”