Jonathan Richman

“Roadrunner, roadrunner, going faster miles an hour.”

“Let's get this straight now, I'm not of the sixties. I'm of the fifties.”

“Music is my way of talking to people.”

“The scarier the world gets, the more I want to be a clown.”

“I'm just a simple guy. I live a simple life.”

“Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.”

“When you get to my age, you're not confused anymore, you're just surprised.”

“I don't want to be a nostalgia act. I'm still making new music.”

“I try to keep it simple. Two chords are good. Three chords are pushing it.”

“I'm in love with the modern world.”

“The world is full of guys, be a man.”

“Well, some people try to pick up girls and get called assholes. This never happened to Pablo Picasso.”

“I don't write songs about politics. I write songs about feelings.”

“I don't think of it as a career. I think of it as, I'm a guy, and I'm a musician.”

“I still love the rock and roll thing, but I'm not a fan of the whole 'you're a celebrity' thing.”

“I'm not trying to be ironic. I'm just being me.”

“You see, in the modern world, we're all afraid of things. We're afraid to be sincere.”