Quotes from Huey Lewis

I grew up in Marin County north of San Francisco, and in the 1950s and '60s it was a natural paradise.

Well, we were originally called Huey Lewis and the American Express. But on the eve of the release of our first record, our record label, Chrysalis Records was afraid that we'd be sued by American Express.

It's true, I do like cheering people up.

I know my choices will be creative so long as I follow my heart.

The choices I make - they have to be creative.

The choices for me now are completely creative. I know, when I'm going to make a record, it ain't going to sell.

She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand.

When you get in the pocket, there is a place where the music begins to play itself. When you can find that spot, it's the best feeling in the world.

Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it.

I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office.

I am deluded enough to think I can bring something to the table.

I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented.

You've been thinking and I've been drinking.

Step by step, one by one, higher and higher. Step by step, rung by rung, climbing Jacob's ladder.

Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.

I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?

Back in the day you wanted your albums to have a theme, and 'Sports' theme was really a collection of singles. It was really a record for its time.

In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any more records. That was it, period.

I love you Huey was the note I read, but there's a strange pair of shoes underneath the bed.

After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.

We had several hits in the States but probably only one big one in Europe. The crowds are smaller.

I was knocked out by the show, Chicago.

I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.

Our first record, 'Huey Lewis And The News', was seen by no one - it sold 25 copies.