John Waite – HuffPost 8.21.13

Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists these days?

John Waite: Usually it’s “get a lawyer” because it’s funny. But it’s not that funny because the simple lawyers that you get, you need a lawyer to watch them. I think if you love what you do, then you’re blessed. I’ve made my way through my life, through all the highs and lows and the peaks and valleys and all that kind of stuff, but I’ve loved every minute of it because I loved what I did. I could sit there in the corner in a restaurant or in a coldwater apartment with a pen and pencil and write something down or I could read Walt Whitman and just be so turned on that I wrote something else. I could hear Bo Diddley and just go “Jesus Christ!” It’s something that comes with an enormous amount of extras, being a musician. If you’re paying attention, there’s just a myriad of things that are going to come to you because of the music. Just love it. You don’t have to do anything else. Just take your hands off the wheel. Don’t listen to anybody else and follow your muse.