George Thorogood famous quotes

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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

#Friendship #Brother #Party
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

#Song #People #Beard
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

#Girl #Song #Guitar
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.
-- George Thorogood

#People #Franklin
They said my friends were just an unruly mob, and I should get a hair cut and get a new job.
-- George Thorogood

#Friendship #Jobs #Cutting
Every morning just before breakfast I don't want no coffee or tea, just me and my good Buddy Wieser, that's all I ever need.
-- George Thorogood

#Morning #Coffee #Alcohol
Everybody funny, now you funny too.
-- George Thorogood

#Alcohol #Drug #Drugs And Alcohol
If you don't start drinking, I'm gonna leave.
-- George Thorogood

#Drinking #Alcohol #Drug
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
On the day I was born, the nurses gathered around, to gaze in wide wonder at the joy they had found.
-- George Thorogood

#Nurse #Joy #Wonder
When I walk the streets, kings and queens step aside, every woman I meet, they all stay satisfied.
-- George Thorogood

#Kings #Queens #Steps
My parents taught me what life is about, so I grew up the type they warned me about.
-- George Thorogood

#Family #Parent #Taught
I really, really, really, really, really, really, really like girls.
-- George Thorogood

#Girl #Honesty
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

#Good Woman #Rich #Stealing
You know when your mouth a-gettin' dry, you're plenty high
-- George Thorogood

#Dry #Mouths #Plenty
There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.
-- George Thorogood

#Numbers #Doubt #Mind
I drink alone. Yeah, with nobody else. You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.
-- George Thorogood

#Beer #Drink #Yeah
You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble.
-- George Thorogood

#Wings #Careers #Luck
There are now grandmothers and grandfathers coming to see us because they are of that age, they grew up in the '50s and '60s and they bring their sons and their daughters to hear the songs they heard when they were young.
-- George Thorogood

#Mother #Daughter #Song
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
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

#Trying #Entertainment #Minutes
I didn't live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles.
-- George Thorogood

#Eagles #World #Disco
I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan.
-- George Thorogood

#Fans #Bigs #Brown
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
Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity.
-- George Thorogood

#Rocks #Radio #Classic
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
Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.
-- George Thorogood

#Confidence #Awful
I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.
-- George Thorogood

#Song

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