A biography for Michael McDonaldhasn’t been written yet.
“Like everyone else, I have a lot of things I'd like to do that I'll probably never get around to. But for the most part, I live day to day.”
“For me, a lot of my fondest memories of being in the music business were being in the studio with The Doobs and being part of that organization and being a part of that music.”
“I played so many clubs growing up, and back in that period, in the '60s, we'd play, like, four, five sets a night.”
“We've reached a point where people don't even know how to look for anything fundamentally important anymore.”
“Beck is obviously a consummate musician. He plays instruments, many instruments. He can make his own record without having a fleet of computer operators onboard.”
“The Stax/Volt stuff is really what I grew up on.”
“Rap is like any other genre: There are the people who are very creative with it and do remarkable things... and then there's that whole quadrant that sounds alike. There's great stuff that's taken the genre to a new level over the years, and 'Regulate' was one of those tracks that was kind of a landmark.”
“I've always written short stories.”
“I think every ounce of pain in just living always ends up being the best thing that happened to me. It's always a growth period. I learn at the speed of pain.”
“I know that things change and markets change. Those are the realities of the business.”
“I don't know that we ever overcome doubt. We just have to remember that it's more than likely a poodle in the bushes and not a grizzly bear.”
“Working with Thundercat was really a thrill.”
“I'm a big country fan. I remember, as a kid, when Ray Charles did the 'Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music' record. That's one of the reasons I became a country fan.”
“My musical education started before I could see over the dashboard, just listening to the radio and cranking up our favorite songs as they came on.”
“'Livin' on the Fault Line' was kind of a commercial disappointment for us, although it seemed to have a certain buzz with the smaller fan base we had.”
“I hope to capture the public's imagination, but I can't live in the anxiety of that.”
“There were certain Ray Charles albums and a couple of early Marvin Gaye records that I used to listen to with a vengeance. That's how you forge a style. It excites you, and you lean toward it almost unconsciously. I was also a Beatles fanatic, but I didn't emulate them the way I did the R&B artists.”
“Frankly, I think it's flattering to be compared to someone like Michael Bolton, who I think is a phenomenal singer with a spectacular range.”
“While making any record, you look for the opportunity to bring someone who will help generate something special in the music environments you create.”
“Most of my life is taken up with family. It takes me awhile to get a record together that I feel is worthy of putting out.”