If somebody had said to me back in 1988 that I'd still be making music in 25 years' time, to start with I would have keeled over with shock because I…

- John Wesley Harding

The people you might lose are the people who look at a marquee and are like, "Oh, John Wesley Harding is playing. I went to see him play 20 years ago…

- John Wesley Harding

With me more than anybody it seems silly having a stage name, and there wasn't any particular difference between me and John Wesley Harding. There wa…

- John Wesley Harding

The reason I did the name change is simple. I wrote a bunch of autobiographical material and I was really enjoying myself doing it, and in two of the…

- John Wesley Harding

Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.

- John Wesley Harding

If they'd said, "Do you want to be John Wesley Harding or Wesley Stace in 25 years' time?" I would have said Wesley Stace, but I wasn't to know.

- John Wesley Harding

A friend of mine pointed out to me, "Why do you separate your writing and your music?" I got (writers) Rick Moody and Jonathan Ames to do the first o…

- John Wesley Harding

Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.

- John Wesley Harding

I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.

- John Wesley Harding