I didn’t grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go. Chris Isaak Read Quote
I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin’ the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin’ the blues myself, but I’m writing them for other people who have a hard life. Chris Isaak Read Quote
There was a misconception about me when I started off because I had my hair greased up and I have some vague resemblance to the hillbilly gene pool that Elvis came from. People would say, ‘You want to be Elvis’ and I would say, ‘No’. Chris Isaak Read Quote
I blow up fireworks all the time, and I love making milkshakes and banana splits. Chris Isaak Read Quote
I’m not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I’m a very pragmatic kind of guy. Chris Isaak Read Quote
I don’t think I’ve had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I’ve had a pretty lucky life. Chris Isaak Read Quote
I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya? Chris Isaak Read Quote