Jonathan Richman's 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.

Playing shows and making records keeps been getting easier and more fun.

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!

You can learn a lot when you play in a little town in Holland or Western Australia, and you learn different things than you would learn playing a big city.