I took the name originally as a kind of disguise because I didn't want people to know I was about to embark on a s****y musical career that would last five months. And a lot of people took funny names back then.
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
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 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
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…
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
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.
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
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…
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
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…
Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me. - John Wesley Harding
Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.
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
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…
Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now. - John Wesley Harding
Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.
I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it. - John Wesley Harding
I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.
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