Jonathan Richman Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Andy Paley got us a show opening for his band at an outdoor show at Simmon's College, on a Friday.

I don't do any songs that I'm sick of now - sometimes even songs that I request. If I'm sick of 'em I don't do 'em even for myself.

If there was no Velvet Underground there would have been no such record. Does that tell you what you need to know?

Sometimes it works. Sometimes I feel like playing "Hospital". Sometimes I feel like playing "Pablo Picasso". I've been playing a lot lately. I do it as long as I feel like it.

They played Boston. They played at the Boston Tea Party and through an amazing chain of events I got to hang out with them backstage even though I was underage.

Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!

Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

I'm still learning how to play the guitar, I'm still learning a lot, so to me I feel like a beginner. I like learning to change the way I play.

Chatting to my fans is fun. I prefer that to just signing autographs.

I like it when a gig is intimate. I don't think it's good to go out at night and have everything be all alienating, so if people come to the show, let's have some fun.

I decided as a kid I wanted to be a baseball player. Then I wanted to paint pictures and from there I decided I wanted to sing.