A biography for John Waitehasn’t been written yet.
“You might be talking to someone who relates a song to losing a friend and you end up talking in the most intimate way. You can get so engaged that you end up in this existential conversation.”
“I wanted to write music that would be around for a long time.”
“Rock seems a little bit redundant now because it really is what country is. It's the voice of America and rock 'n' roll used to be that.”
“I've been away writing songs and recording and doing albums that are much more obscure.”
“The Bad English thing, everybody was playing at once and it was a big wall of sound.”
“My brother was the first in Lancaster to have a Fender Stratocaster.”
“I realized I didn't want to make another solo record and I would be happier doing something that had more of a gang feel to it, more of a band thing.”
“I love country music, and I did as a kid.”
“In the end, it's always about the three-piece band and the singer.”
“I don't like studio-manicured things.”
“Flying is so miserable these days. You have to go through security, and get up at the crack of dawn.”
“We'll just tour til we drop; at certain times in your life, that's the only answer.”
“I don't even have any of my gold records on my walls at home. They're all in storage.”
“Music can have a real timeless quality - and, really, it's all about energy.”
“You know, the European record labels always say, 'We want 12 songs and then we want bonus songs,' and you're going, 'What for? Why?' That's not a record.”
“I may not be top of the pops' anymore, but I seem to still be making a big impact.”
“You can't keep going back to Detroit because you're big in Detroit. You can go maybe once a year and sell it out because everybody loves you and looks forward to seeing you again. You can't go back twice in the same year.”
“On stage, it's like an argument going on between four people. The argument is the art.”
“Music comes from a whole different place. It tells the story of your life and it's probably the closest thing I have to a religion.”
“I always thought that the Babys were five years ahead of everybody else, I really do.”