Quotes By Chris Isaak

My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.

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 put music on and I drive around town.

My only expenses are probably guitar strings and records.

I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn't have money to travel. I thought I'd have to join the military to get to Europe. So I'm thrilled to travel.

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 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?

I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.