Dan Hicks

About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#ago #anymore #bet #exercises #gave

And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time warp, because I can use as many of the old songs as I want to, just the favorites. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#favorites #feeling #get #good #good feeling

I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#harmonies #i #solos #vocal

I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#i #myself #revival #think #tribute

I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#also #audience #been #getting #good

I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#drinking #give #got #guy #haven

I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#always #another #any #anything #how

It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better? ↗

— Dan Hicks

#better #modern #note #retro #sounds

There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#always #back #bodies #come #hollow

There've been periods where I had to convince the audience or win them over. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#been #convince #had #i #over