My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail?
John HiattWhen the road gets dark - And you can no longer see - Just let my love throw a spark - And have a little faith in me.
John Hiatt[But] they can't kill music. God knows, they've tried. But music always wins. As long as there's kids coming up that have a passion. All the bean counters in the world can't kill that. You know? You just can't. They can try, of course, to feed you the most puerile, benign horse manure, but some kid's going to come along and demand something more than that.
John Hiatt