I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.
I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing.
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.'
I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.
If I would get an album out every eight months and if I would write songs that were more up-tempo and try to focus more on making singles, then I could probably get more attention. But I don't think the albums would be very fun to listen to, and it would be a drag for me.
I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn.
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.
I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.
I think I've had the slowest, most methodical career in the business.
I'm not a very spiritual guy when it comes to music. I remember hearing Carlos Santana say that angels helped him write his songs. And I thought, 'Really, angels?'
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.
My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.
I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs.
I blow up fireworks all the time, and I love making milkshakes and banana splits.
I keep things pretty simple.
Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.
I'm not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I'm a very pragmatic kind of guy.
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'.
I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.
I put music on and I drive around town.
