Latest Dr. John Quotes from Interviews

• I always seemed to be in the right place at the wrong time.

  Dr. John

  Missed Connections, Wrong Time, Right Place

  "Dr. John Interview: Musically He’s Been in the Right Place at the Right Time". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockmusicwriter.com. January 22, 2013.

• I started out with the guitar and was a studio musician back in the 50s, and then got shot in my finger.

  Dr. John

  Guitar, Musician, Shots

  "Dr. John Interview: Musically He’s Been in the Right Place at the Right Time". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockmusicwriter.com. January 22, 2013.

• Marvin Gaye was a killer drummer. I think he just played during the soundchecks and he'd have another guy sing his parts while he played the drums. He just wanted to play the drums and have some fun.

  Dr. John

  Fun, Thinking, Play

  "Dr. John Exclusive Interview: Musically He's Been in the Right Place at the Right Time". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockhereandnow.com. January 22, 2013.

• My mom was beautiful; she was supposed to be the original Jane in the original Tarzan movie. They asked her to put her foot in the water and there was an alligator in there, and she wouldn't put her foot in the water.

  Dr. John

  Beautiful, Mom, Feet

• I think that any of the places that's cut off from money, things come up, what the people have to rely on.

  Dr. John

  Cutting, Thinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Corruption at every level, city, state, federal, all has helped in making New Orleans a disaster area, the most disappearing land mass on the planet Earth.

  Dr. John

  Land, Cities, New Orleans

  Source: www.pbs.org

• We all, if we go with ego I go or you go ego thing, it's got to be free from all of that and just roll, because music is a spiritual thing. It's got to come through us and can't just hit us. It's got to be part of us that comes through us and goes to the people, and then they come back to us and give us more spirit.

  Dr. John

  Spiritual, People, Giving

  Source: www.pbs.org

• If we don't be going strong, we're going weak, and we can't afford to go weak. We've got too many problems to do that.

  Dr. John

  Strong, Problem, Weak

  Source: www.pbs.org