Quotes by Howie Day

“[He does, however, admit to being a true Type 1 perfectionist.] I am one of those people who is never satisfied, ... When I was a little kid, I made a spaceship out of a refrigerator box, and I was pissed off that it wouldnt fly. Couldnt be happy with it. It was pretty cool, too.”

“[When hes performing live, Day says, theres a distinct difference between the big gigs and the little shows.] Theres an intimacy lost on the big audiences, but theres also a sort of cool kind of buzz that you get from it too, like Wow -- there are 10,000 people here. It tends to be a little more high energy, and you try to capture as many people as you can; whereas with a small show, you reveal a little bit more personality. I almost feel like Im there hanging out with them or something, ... We mix it up. I do little intimate shows just because if I go a long time without doing them, it gets kind of weird -- like Im playing at people.”

“Yeah, that was one crazy year. Basically my whole philosophy starting out -- because the question came up, Are you going to sign a label deal? before anyone was really interested in signing me -- my idea was always Just go out and do it yourself. The hardest thing for [a major record label] to do is to build a solid foundation, a base, which is like the first 50,000 records -- that core fan base.”

“Theres an intimacy lost on the big audiences, but theres also a sort of cool kind of buzz that you get from it too, like Wow -- there are 10,000 people here. It tends to be a little more high energy, and you try to capture as many people as you can; whereas with a small show, you reveal a little bit more personality. I almost feel like Im there hanging out with them or something. We mix it up. I do little intimate shows just because if I go a long time without doing them, it gets kind of weird -- like Im playing at people.”

“The day it comes out, theres already things that you start to go, Oh, I should have done that a little differently. You start to make a list in your head. I actually write things down -- what Im going to do next time.”

“I drive around in my car and listen to [the demo]. And if I drive by people I know, I have to roll the windows up and turn it down -- or if somebody calls, I have to turn it off.”