Its fun to sing sad songs. And its fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something. – Richard Thompson
People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences. – Richard Thompson
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. – Richard Thompson
The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records. – Richard Thompson
Music videos are notoriously long, not fun, grueling. You are known there as a dancer and its kind of sad because dancers, in a lot of ways, are under-appreciated and kind of under-respected when it come to that so they dont necessarily treat you in a nice way when you do a music video. – Jenna Dewan