I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers. George Thorogood More Quotes by George Thorogood More Quotes From George Thorogood This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do. George Thorogood beardsongpeople I said if you want to be Keith Richards, you've got to listen to Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Then I thought, "What did Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry listen to?" I said, "They listened to Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters." Well who'd they listen to? They listened to Robert Johnson. I said, "Ok, we'll start with that." George Thorogood berrieskeithwater Rock and roll never sleeps. It just passes out. George Thorogood rock-and-rollrockssleep I am more of a rock guy than I am a blues guy. People get the idea that I am a dyed in the wool blues cat, but I rock out when I do my show you know that. George Thorogood rockscatideas The other day I got invited to a party, but I stayed home instead. Just me and my pal Johnny Walker and his brothers Black and Red. George Thorogood partybrotherfriendship All I have is my performance, I try to feed in the best of everything that I could possibly do into those 90 minutes and to make a live entertainment show out of it. George Thorogood entertainmentminutestrying Rock 'n' roll never sleeps it just passes out. George Thorogood rock-n-rollrockssleep I swore under oath with the government not to give the whereabouts of my location. George Thorogood locationgovernmentgiving Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs I did. That set us apart from the average blues band. George Thorogood guitargirlsong My grandfather used to say I don't care how you talk about me, good or bad, just don't leave me out of the conversation. George Thorogood dont-leave-mecaregrandfather I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal. I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal. George Thorogood I'm a [Bob] Dylan freak, like everybody else. George Thorogood dylanfreakbob My parents taught me what life is about, so I grew up the type they warned me about. George Thorogood taughtfamilyparent After the Ed Sullivan Show, Feb. 9, 1964, at approx. 8:04pm [laughs], after that moment every album, every guitar, evey set of drums that was ever sold ... 10% should have gone right into their pocket! George Thorogood guitarshould-havelaughing I'm more of a rhythmic player. My soloing is pretty much limited to playing slide guitar. George Thorogood slidesguitarplayer I love Hank Williams. Who doesn't love Hank Williams? So my choices are not that surprising. George Thorogood hank-williamssurprisingchoices Everybody funny, now you funny too. George Thorogood drugs-and-alcoholdrugalcohol If you don't start drinking, I'm gonna leave. George Thorogood drugalcoholdrinking On the day I was born, the nurses gathered around, to gaze in wide wonder at the joy they had found. George Thorogood nursewonderjoy 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 hateartistpeople
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