Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe
Nicholas Drain "Nick" Loweis an English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth24 March 1949
direct hard songs work
I work very hard on getting the songs ... direct and examined,
number offensive pressure
We know they'll put pressure on us and, number one, we have to be able to rebound. We especially have to keep them off the offensive boards.
big-fish ponds headache
I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.
lonely glasses needs
I love the sound of breaking glass Especially when Im lonely I need the noises of destruction When theres nothing new.
outsiders mainstream felt
I've always felt quite like an outsider. I don't really belong in the mainstream, and I quite like that.
taken talking interesting
The older I get, there doesn't seem to be anything remotely more interesting than talking about love and the lack of it and what happens when it's taken away from someone who's had it.
couple thinking self
Even if I was really prolific - which I'm not - I think I'd always put at least a couple of covers on my record. I think it's a sort of healthy thing to do. It shows that you're not totally self-obsessed.
rocks littles rock-n-roll
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.
couple orange walnuts
I loved Christmas. We had a really great time. But there wasn't - it was all - you had to be happy with, you know, an orange and a couple of walnuts, you know, in your stocking.
feet phones watches
I used to sort of take the phone off the hook, you know, put my feet up and watch the TV until it was all over.
couple thinking phones
There's really never any sort of master plan. I find if I've got a couple of tunes that I think are possibilities, I phone everyone up and get them into the studio and we'll have a go at recording them.
night zurich tv-shows
found myself in Zurich Airport. I'd done a TV show, oddly enough, with Mavis Staples. That's the way they do it in Switzerland. And I'd had a bit of a late night with members of her band. And I was - my flight was delayed. And I was sitting in the airport, and I just came up with the idea. And by the time, we landed at Heathrow, I'd pretty much sort of got it.
couple home sitting
And after, you know, having the old chicken or whatever it is they bring around and a couple of cocktails, you turn to the person sitting next to you and say, you know, you going home, then?
generating margin profit small sold store track
We do make a small margin on each track that's sold at the store. But because it's Coke, there isn't a requirement for the store to be generating a profit for the store to operate.