Dan Hicks (singer) Quotes

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You got to stand by this word if you wanna do right
If you got a good home, then stay there tonight
Unless you wanna eat the dirt and the mud
Stay 'way from ramblin' it gets in your blood.

Dan Hicks
I scare myself and I don't mean lightly
I scare myself it can get frightening
I scare myself to think what I could do
I scare myself it's some kind of voodoo
And with that voodoo, I keep thinking of you
And with that voodoo what can I do?

Dan Hicks
I'm inspired by my current position in life — being with the right partner, being sober, being musical, being funny, being creative, being a free American, being respected, having good friends. There were times when I didn't think I had any of these things — I wasn't very inspired. I get inspired by doing something well.

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I don't think I have the confidence to even get back up on the stage. Can you comprehend a human mind, a state of mind, where everything bothers you?

Dan Hicks
I was born in 1947. I got my first guitar when I was ten. I toured with Chuck Berry for a year. I was with Herbie Hancock for a good count. I've paid my dues. They were, ah, $13 an hour, I believe.

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I didn't say I wanted to end the group, what I said was, 'I don't care if this group ever works again.'.

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How can I miss you when you won't go away?
Keep telling you day after day
But you won't listen, you always stay and stay
How can I miss you when you won't go away?

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How coincidental you should call. I was just throwing pins at a little doll I'd made of you.

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I just got off the stage in Columbus one day feeling really drug and I said, 'I don't want to do this anymore.' It'd become a big business trip; it wasn't a fun music trip anymore.

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And that was the night she left me, danced herself into my memory
My baby had to leave me for the drummer, I guess I'll never solve that mystery
I think I've learned my lesson just don't get too near the band when it's
Live music, live music...

Dan Hicks
And I don't know the reason why you're treating me this way,
And I don't know the reason why the sky is blue and so am I,
And I don't know the reason why the things you say have made me think,
I'm losing you, losing you.

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God allowed the Pearl Harbor attack to happen on December 7, 1941. Two days later He made up for it by having me born! This is my story and I'm stickin' to it!

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I will always be humble to my dying day. On my dying day I will explain to the world how lucky they have been to be alive the same time as me.

Dan Hicks
Canned music, canned music, playing on the radio
Canned music, canned music, with out a dime it doesn't go
Favorites on the jukebox are only half the show when it's
Canned music, canned music...

Dan Hicks
Well, listen close if you really wanna hear what she does
Does to me each time were near
Come this July gonna put it in a book
I'm going to get her by hook or by crook

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I am lousy at sports, car mechanics, cooking gourmet meals, remembering new lyrics, never getting angry, and other stuff.

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Your constant gift of gab,
This life that you condone,
Have set my mind to wondering,
Is this my happy home?

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The kitchen sink is dirty,
The baby has to burp,
Your hair is in an awful maze,
It's been that way for days.

Dan Hicks
The little things you don't pick up,
Like a ringin' telephone,
Have set my mind to wondering,
Is this my happy home?

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Clickity-clack, that ol' railroad tracks
Five'll getcha ten getcha twenty-five ol' greenbacks
Well, I never seen much coin in my bag
I soon got used to that same ol' jag.

Dan Hicks
When I scat I want to be right up there with the other scatters of the world. I think of making a good, melodic, creative, listenable solo. The best "idea" people are the instrumentalists, so why not try to be as good as them? I like to vary my sounds, my vowels, my syllables, my consonants, but mostly make it swing — maybe it be good jazz.

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Moody Richard, he was always hangin' round
Moody Richard, was the biggest square in town
Moody Richard, he was always on the scene
But his presence never really meant a thing
He was an innocent bystander
Watching his time go by
Mister Innocent Bystander
Doesn't your time fly by?

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I've talked to your mother and I've talked to your dad
They say they've tried but it's all in vain
I've begged and I've pleaded, I even got mad
Now we must face it, you give me a pain.

Dan Hicks
Everything you brought into the Charlatans ended up just as a loud rock tune. It lost my kind of floating... of a floating, linear feeling.

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