Warner Bros. was a great label to be affiliated with. It’s the best label out there, and the fact that I was with them for 20 years was just an honor. Michael McDonald Read Quote
We try to promote the Christmas season and remind people that it is a season of peace. That’s what the season’s real meaning is about. No matter what religion you are, there is that point in time where we should celebrate that idea of peace and humanity. Michael McDonald Read Quote
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. Michael McDonald Read Quote
My friendship with The Doobie Brothers never really changed. We’re all still good friends, and I really admire those guys a lot. Michael McDonald Read Quote
Everything’s challenging for me, singing-wise. I’m like an old truck with one gear left on it. Michael McDonald Read Quote
I was attracted to black music for the same reason that I loved those old Irish ballads. Both were social statements of sorts, and both were indigenous to their respective cultures: Ireland, where my father had grown up, and towns like St. Louis along the Mississippi River, where I was growing up. Michael McDonald Read Quote
I’ve never felt that I was doing anything more worthwhile musically than when I was with Steely Dan. Michael McDonald Read Quote
I wish I wrote songs like Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Don Henley, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, so many of the songwriters I admire. They have the ability to say things. Michael McDonald Read Quote
Where I grew up in St. Louis, Saturday was country music day on television. We’d watch the Bill Anderson show, the Willie Nelson show, the Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner show, and always the Grand Ole Opry. My parents were fans of that music, and my friend’s parents would pull the TV out and watch those shows on the porch. Michael McDonald Read Quote
