John Prine Quotes

I really want to make this the last stop of my career. I don't want to be a vagabond, so to speak, and be traveling from team to team, year in and year out. I'm not that type of guy. I like to be settled.

A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I'm simply telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important in the end than the latest app you can download.

What I really honestly want is just to be working steadily... I would love to just be on a great TV show and have it run for awhile.

I'm just happy to be working consistently.

I want to make music that stands the test of time.

I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

I like to make songs that are gonna be here for a long time, not for five months that they play on the radio.

I've been very fortunate in animation - when I get on a project, people tend to keep me, so I have long stays of work rather than bouncing around.

The most important thing is to make quality music that will last.

I want to be somebody, a person, first that people remember, but also, I want music that I release to still be around. I don't want it to just be cool for a second and be gone.

Our band Stereophonics never wanted to release a couple records and be the biggest band in the world for 10 minutes. We always wanted to stand the test of time, and make great music that people would want to listen to and that music lasts. We'd looked up to artists and bands that had big back catalogues.

I was a wrestling fan long enough, and once in a while, I would get bored. I'd be on board with a superstar and love what he'd do. Then eventually, I would get bored with him. I don't want people to think that way of me, so I'm doing everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen.

'Konnichiwa,' to me, is a classic because I don't make music for today where everyone is going to judge what I did in two years; they're gonna tell me today.

Maintaining longevity is a major part of success to me. So many people come into an industry quick, shoot to the top, then crash and burn.

It's difficult as an artist sometimes. There's a lot of pressure when it's your first album. You want to make something that's meaningful and timeless, not something that's trendy.

We've been called the soundtrack of people's lives. There have been lots of downs, of course but mostly ups. That EW&F is still clicking at least twenty years on and has a life of its own, that the songs have stayed alive - we're like a good book that people go back to.

I think it's important for every artist to have that ballad that stands the test of time.

I want to create songs that will last across time.

I kind of live by this old thing that time will tell whether people are going to write about this or that; all we can do is be who we are and make records we love, and everything else will sort itself out.

It's been a very long journey, and people have been immensely kind. They're not tired of watching me on television for a decade; they want to see more of me.

It's hard work if you want a proper and a lasting career.

In the long run, it's probably better to tie yourself down to one position and really become established in one area to be as good as you can in that position.

All the buzz can be very much here today and gone tomorrow, but my focus is creating music that will last forever.

I don't want to be the next hottest thing, I want longevity.

At the end of the day, be in the game as the game's ending. That's the most important part.