Harry Dean Stanton Quotes & Sayings

#1. I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me.

#2. I sing and play guitar and harmonica. I've been doing it for a long time.

#3. You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.

#4. I'm not really into religion.

#5. The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA.

#6. I only eat so that I can smoke and stay alive.

#7. I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns.

#8. Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance.

#9. I hate flying, taking my clothes off, and going through the whole security.

#10. You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad.

#11. I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?

#12. I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

#13. I like to stay home and watch television. The Game Show channel, mostly.

#14. Heisenberg, Max Plank and Einstein, they all agreed that science could not solve the mystery of the universe.

#15. California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.

#16. I have a good ear for languages.

#17. I've never been ambitious about recording.

#18. But I'm not imaginative. I couldn't look into the future, like Star Wars or Robots or anything like that.

#19. I know little stories that happen to people around me, and I can repeat that in a way that has some color.

Harry Dean Stanton Quotes