John Prine > Quotes

“Broken hearts and dirty windows
Make life difficult to see
That's why last night and this morning
Always look the same to me”
― John Prine, John Prine

“Jesus was a good guy, he didn't need this shit.”
― John Prine

“if dreams were thunder and lightning was desire this old house would have burned down a long time ago”
― John Prine

“Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won.”
― John Prine

“If heartaches was commercials, we'd all be on TV.”
― John Prine

“Oodles of light what a beautiful sight
Both of God's eyes are shining tonight”
― John Prine

“And you may see me tonight with an illegal smile. It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while. Won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone.
No,I'm just tryin' to have me some fun.”
― John Prine

“Steady losing means you ain't using what you really think is right”
― John Prine

“A half an inch of water and you think you're going to drown, that's the way the world goes round”
― John Prine

“I come home from work this evening
there was a note in the frying pan
said Fix Your Own Supper Babe
I Run Off With The Fuller Brush Man

Well I sat down at the table
screamed & hollered & cried
I commenced to carring on
'till I almost lost my mind

and I miss the way
she used to Yell At Me
the way she used to Cuss & Moan
and if I ever go out
and get married again
I'll never leave my wife
at home

The Frying Pan
Diamonds In The Rough
John Prine”
― John Prine

“Now Jesus don't like killin'/No matter what the reason's for.”
― John Prine, John Prine

“You're up one day and the next you're down, it's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown, that's the way that the world goes round”
― John Prine

“Angel From Montgomery"

I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child that's grown old
If dreams were lightning, thunder were desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at, just a free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
The years just flow by like a broken down dam

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em there buzzing
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

John Prine, John Prine (1971)”
― John Prine, John Prine

“A heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter, you become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in a trap of your very own chain of sorrow.

[from 'Bruised Orange']”
― John Prine

“Ain't it funny how an old broken bottle
Looks just like a diamond ring.”
― John Prine