When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.
Nick Lowe

You've got to really know your song, inside and out.
Nick Lowe

I'm playing to the sort of people who like the same records.
Nick Lowe

In the '70s, you had to come up with an album every year whether you were ready or not.
Nick Lowe

All those years we'd spent learning these chops, and all those gigs in Germany where you'd play all night, and along comes punk. It has nothing to do with that. A lot of people went out of business.
Nick Lowe

These days, rock 'n' roll is much more about rock than about roll. I don't do rock. But I'm interested in that roll part, because that's the funny little bit that makes it hip.
Nick Lowe

I suppose I was waiting until I was old enough to have some sort of experience to sing about. When you're young, it's hard to sing the blues. Nobody believes you.
Nick Lowe

If a hit came along, I wouldn't be unhappy about that. But I'm a bit too old for that now-doing videos and all those types of TV shows. I've kind of done all that, in the '70s.
Nick Lowe