John Prine

“I guess what I always found funny was the human condition. There is a certain comedy and pathos to trouble and accidents. Like, when a driver has parked his car crookedly and then wonders why he has the bad luck of being hit.”

“Now Jesus, he don’t like killing, no matter what the reason is for, and your flag decal won’t get you into heaven anymore.”

“If heartaches was commercials, we’d all be on TV.”

“Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there.”

“The scientific nature of the ordinary man is to go out and do the best you can.”

“Blow up your TV…throw away your paper…move to the country and build you a home. Plant a little garden…eat a lot of peaches…try and find Jesus on your own.”

“Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain’t what you ain’t.”

“I guess if you keep making the same mistake long enough, it becomes your style.”