George Thorogood Quotes - Page 2

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• Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didn't have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous.

  George Thorogood

  Humorous, Looks, Want

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• When I walk the streets, kings and queens step aside, every woman I meet, they all stay satisfied.

  George Thorogood

  Kings, Queens, Steps

  Song: Bad to the Bone

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• Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why.

  George Thorogood

  Moving, Albums, Records

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• There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.

  George Thorogood

  Numbers, Doubt, Mind

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• I'm a [Bob] Dylan freak, like everybody else.

  George Thorogood

  Bob, Freak, Dylan

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• Pain I keep to myself; my music is for entertainment purposes and I always have that in mind.

  George Thorogood

  Pain, Mind, Purpose

  Source: puregrainaudio.com

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• [European audiences differ from American] they talk different. The ones in Holland speak Dutch. The ones in Switzerland speak Swiss. That's the only difference.

  George Thorogood

  Differences, Switzerland, Different

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• I love Willy DeVille. He's very missed.

  George Thorogood

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• I figured if you want to get to where John Hammond is or Billy Gibbons is or Peter Wolf is, you have to start listening to the same stuff they did, and learn from that, and that's what I did.

  George Thorogood

  Listening, Want, Stuff

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• My father had a couple of Mitch Miller records and a Spike Jones record, and that was it. My older brother had two or three Elvis Presley singles, and that was about it. The rest of it I did on my own.

  George Thorogood

  Brother, Couple, Father

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• I'm a big Marty Robbins fan. I love Marty Robbins. Of course, everybody does. That's not such a big shock.

  George Thorogood

  Fans, Doe, Bigs

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• I love Hank Williams. Who doesn't love Hank Williams? So my choices are not that surprising.

  George Thorogood

  Choices, Hank Williams, Surprising

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• I hate categories. Hank Williams is a great artist, period. Bob Dylan is a great artist, so is Marty Robbins. They just classify these people and put them in categories so they can sell the thing easier.

  George Thorogood

  Hate, Artist, People

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• How would you define [Bob] Dylan? You can't. That's a true artist. How about Ray Charles? Can you classify Ray Charles? No, you can't. He's just great, period.

  George Thorogood

  Artist, Rays, Bob

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• Every time you go in and make a record it is like a calling card, not so people can come and hear you live or are interested in your catalog.

  George Thorogood

  People, Cards, Calling

  Source: puregrainaudio.com

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• I mean, you could have said Elvis Presley was new wave when it happened. I heard Willy DeVille and Tom Petty and to me they were new wave really because they were new.

  George Thorogood

  Mean, Wave, Said

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• I saw the movie Sid & Nancy. It was a pretty good movie. It didn't really make me a punk rock fan. But anything that's new, as long as it's good I enjoy it.

  George Thorogood

  Rocks, Long, Good Movie

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• Anything that's new wave is new. As far as punk rock goes, I've never really been exposed to any.

  George Thorogood

  Rocks, Punk, Wave

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• The [2012 covers album] 2120 [South Michigan Ave.] was different. We covered a lot of classics there. But most of the time when we did it I always prided myself on digging up obscure songs that no one knew of.

  George Thorogood

  Song, Different, Albums

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• Most of the time when we do a tune, Bad Blake, it's a tune no one's heard of to begin with.

  George Thorogood

  Tunes, Blake, Heard

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• I swore under oath with the government not to give the whereabouts of my location.

  George Thorogood

  Government, Giving, Location

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.

  George Thorogood

  People, Franklin, Knows

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• Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working; you know what I'm saying?

  George Thorogood

  Titles, Want, Fine

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• When people come to the show they think we are a legendary band because they hear us on Classic Rock radio all the time. It is psychological. That's okay - I'm down with that.

  George Thorogood

  Thinking, Rocks, People

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• Radio is paid by advertising. They decide what songs to play that'll keep people listening. And that's what promoters and the Classic Rock people do.

  George Thorogood

  Song, Rocks, Play

  "George Thorogood and The Destroyers hit Hard Rock at Northfield Park July 1". Cleveland Music Examiner Interview, www.georgethorogood.com.

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