Chris Isaak People Quotations

When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.

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?

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'.

In the long run, there are people who've made more money or had bigger stardom at points. But, I think I'll have come out winning.

I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.

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.

This is a pleasant change for us. We play Vegas. It is nice to be around people who are actually giving something, instead of taking.

The tough thing about radio is I've met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it's hard for them to figure out how to play what they like when there's somebody up above them yelling 'you have to play this.

The '50s was a pretty wonderful time for people, it was hopeful.

I don't know what people think in making record is like. But basically, I got a bunch of spaghetti and spaghetti sauce, and the whole band was staying at my house and we had a ball.

The one thing I've always had going for me was people's low expectations. Nobody ever expects a whole hell of a lot from me.

It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.