Chris Isaak Quotes

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

People have often asked me whether what I know about love has spoiled it for me. And I just simply say, 'Hardly.' You can know every single ingredient in a piece of chocolate cake, and then when you sit down and eat that cake, you can still feel that joy.

The greatest music is made for love, not for money.

Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.

Love is the prize in life.

Music makes me love life, and without it, I don't know if I'd be happy.

How many millions of times have I sung 'Love Changes Everything?' But when I see how it matters to people, it gives me the impetus to rediscover it and remember how lucky I am to have a song like that.

Most people are at a concert because they want to be inspired, entertained, moved; we musicians have the mission to be bringers of joy, of ecstasy.

I love playing the songs that people love because it makes them happy.

I think that the best songs to sing are songs that you love, because you sing them with love when you love them.

Smiles are the language of love.

It's a privilege to do what I do for a living - to take people out of their miserable day, or to educate somebody, or make somebody laugh, or fall in love with an idea. How good is that? And I get paid to do it!

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.

No matter where I go, I actually have a lot of couples coming and telling me that one of my songs was instrumental in strengthening their romance!

What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.

When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit of happiness, of joy, of cheerfulness. I am firmly convinced that in order to sing well, you must love your neighbor and be passionate about life.

I just want to make everybody feel what I'm singing. And just to relate to me and know that this has been dream since I was a little girl. I've worked so hard for this, and I just want them to connect with me.

I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with.

If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.

I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile.

Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.