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Michael McDonald

I think, as musicians, that’s really all we want is to keep working. We want to have a reason to be, and we want to play for as many people in this span of life that we’re allowed as we possibly can, and in as many places as we possibly can.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

I enjoy it immensely, but I’m not comfortable on stage as a person.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

I grew up with this idea that songwriters had a great job. My family was Irish Catholic, so if you became a priest or a songwriter, you were golden.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

My musical education started before I could see over the dashboard, just listening to the radio and cranking up our favorite songs as they came on.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

Hey, I’d love to have a hit single, but if that doesn’t happen, I’m not going to complain.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

Like everyone else, I have a lot of things I’d like to do that I’ll probably never get around to. But for the most part, I live day to day.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

Frankly, I think it’s flattering to be compared to someone like Michael Bolton, who I think is a phenomenal singer with a spectacular range.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

I’ve come to learn that music speaks for itself.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

No matter what anyone else thinks, if someone appreciates what you do, whether it’s 10 people or a million people, it’s all good – because the only reason you make music is to have someone appreciate it.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

Honestly, I’ve never thought of myself as a mover and shaker of songwriting.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

I wish I wrote songs like Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Don Henley, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, so many of the songwriters I admire. They have the ability to say things.

– Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

The ‘Motown’ detour for me was almost like it wasn’t work. It was more fun than work, and that’s all it takes for me to not be very responsible to other things I should have been paying attention to.

– Michael McDonald

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