Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.
From Nick Lowe
When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.
The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.
I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.
As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle.
Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.
If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination.
These days, rock 'n' roll is much more about rock than about roll. I don't do rock. But I'm interested in that roll part, because that's the funny little bit that makes it hip.
You've got to really know your song, inside and out.
All those years we'd spent learning these chops, and all those gigs in Germany where you'd play all night, and along comes punk. It has nothing to do with that. A lot of people went out of business.
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