Jonathan Richman Quotes & Sayings

Roadrunner, roadrunner, going faster miles an hour. Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop, with the radio on. I'm in love with Massachusetts and the neon when it's cold outside. And the highway when it's late at night. Got the radio on, I'm like the roadrunner. — Jonathan Richman

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole. — Jonathan Richman

I will wait for Cleopatra, for I know my time must come. And I'm getting ready for wherever she'll be at-tra, cause I'm getting stronger now and not so dumb. — Jonathan Richman

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

Andy Paley got us a show opening for his band at an outdoor show at Simmon's College, on a Friday. — Jonathan Richman

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. — Jonathan Richman

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. — Jonathan Richman

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. — Jonathan Richman

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! — Jonathan Richman

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. — Jonathan Richman