English - Musician | May 20, 1944 - December 22, 2014
I like to use effects, but a lot of the time I just can't deal with these tracks with all these artificial sounds.
Joe Cocker
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I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times.
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I'm no good at breakin' off with people.
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I could never deny myself bein' an artist.
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In me soul, I'm gentle.
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To be on the road, even if you're not that happy, is all right, as long as I'm pourin' me heart into it.
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A lot of times, it's nice to open, because the heat's off you. You just go out and blast your set and say to whoever's going to finish, 'There you go.' Even though when you first start, people are drifting in, and that's kind of a bit disconcerting.
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I used to slap my hip to keep a beat.
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I always encourage my promoter to see if we can go someplace new. And he'll go, 'OK, how about Armenia?'
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I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.
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I never picked up a guitar as a kid, partly because my dad didn't want the noise in our little back-to-back in Sheffield.
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There are people who'll dismiss me as 'just' a singer. That's how it is, how it's always been, but just because I'm not hunched over a piece of paper with a pen in my hand doesn't mean I'm not putting in the graft.
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