Eric Burdon Quotes

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• Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax scams, halls of fame,wine, women, and all the drugs under the sun - one constant companion has never abandoned me . My first true love : singing Its been the savior of many poor boy, and God I know I'm one

  Eric Burdon

  Wine, Boys, Islands

  Eric Burdon, Jeff Marshall Craig (2002). “Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood”, p.316, Da Capo Press

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• Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.

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  Struggle, Winning, Evil

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• You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk.

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  Dream, Goal, Factories

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• I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like me, just tried to keep rock and roll alive.

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  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Alive

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• I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.

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  Bitter, Bittersweet

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• On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.

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  Memorial Day, Men, World

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• If you think that UFOs will come and save you, don't be fooled. The Nazis invented UFOs.

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  Thinking, Nazi, Ufo

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• Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.

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  California, People, Water

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• It's the need for change that drives us to join forces with our brothers and sisters all around the world - but change is slow.

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  Brother, Needs, World

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• Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I'm changing with it.

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  Lines, Things Change

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• It's more important what you leave to people on this planet. I want my legacy to exist now, currently, not after I'm gone.

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  People, Important, Legacy

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• This really blew my mind, the fact that me, an over fed, long haired, leaping gnome, should be the star of a Hollywood movie.

  Eric Burdon

  Art, Stars, Media

  Song: Spill the Wine

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• I feel great that I've been given a chance in the golden years of my life. To me, it's the last battle, and I've been given a chance to get stuck in some good armament, some good power, and there's a chance that now I can finish off my working years with my head held high.

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  Years, Battle, Golden

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• I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

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  Envy, Excitement, Living My Life

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• My voice? Yeah, well, I used to drink a lot of beer when I was a kid and I sounded like a drunk in a choir. I don't drink anymore.

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  Kids, Beer, Voice

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• I don't think I've ever changed. I am only one person, it's just me. I'm confident and I'm quite happy with who I am, but it's my life and I'll be what I want.

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  Thinking, Who I Am, Want

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• I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.

  Eric Burdon

  Suicide, Thinking, Way

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• Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal.

  Eric Burdon

  Ifs

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• There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

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  Running, Rivers, Dry

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• From my personal point of view, the Animals are dead. They killed themselves.

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  Animal, Views, Point Of View

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• I did have a life before the Animals, and I'm trying constantly to prove that I have a life after the Animals. People tend to forget that I was the frontman with War for two years. People sort of have compartmental memories.

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  Memories, War, Animal

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• I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.

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  Song, Passion, Order

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• The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me.

  Eric Burdon

  Bases

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• I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.

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  Kids, Rocks, Style

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• Well, it seems that one day Dylan was drivin' up to San Francisco from New Orleans or somewhere, when our record [House of the Rising Sun] came over his radio. When it was announced he said to Joan Baez -- who was with him at the time -- 'This'll be the first time I've heard this version', although it was number one in the States. So he listened to it, stopped the car, ran round the car five times, banged his head on the bumper and began leapin' about shouting 'It's great! It's great!'

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  New Orleans, San Francisco, Numbers

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