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Everybody funny, now you funny too.
I love Willy DeVille. He's very missed.
Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity.
If you don't start drinking, I'm gonna leave.
I'm a [Bob] Dylan freak, like everybody else.
Rock 'n' roll never sleeps it just passes out.
Rock and roll never sleeps. It just passes out.
I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.
You know when your mouth a-getting dry You're plenty high.
I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.
I didn't live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles.
I knew I had the right material and I knew what I was going after.
I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan.
I really, really, really, really, really, really, really like girls.
There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.
I swore under oath with the government not to give the whereabouts of my location.
My parents taught me what life is about, so I grew up the type they warned me about.
As you get older the odds are against you that you are still going to be on the planet.
Did I think it would last 30 years? No, I didn't think it would have those kind of legs.
Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.
I'm more of a rhythmic player. My soloing is pretty much limited to playing slide guitar.
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.
Most of the time when we do a tune, Bad Blake, it's a tune no one's heard of to begin with.
Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working; you know what I'm saying?
I love Hank Williams. Who doesn't love Hank Williams? So my choices are not that surprising.
They said my friends were just an unruly mob, and I should get a hair cut and get a new job.
I drink alone. Yeah, with nobody else. You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.
Pain I keep to myself; my music is for entertainment purposes and I always have that in mind.
The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio.
Anything that's new wave is new. As far as punk rock goes, I've never really been exposed to any.
When I walk the streets, kings and queens step aside, every woman I meet, they all stay satisfied.
On the day I was born, the nurses gathered around, to gaze in wide wonder at the joy they had found.
I'm a big Marty Robbins fan. I love Marty Robbins. Of course, everybody does. That's not such a big shock.
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.
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.
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.
Rock music is stronger than sports. That's why. Rock rules. Around the world, who's more famous: Willie Mays or Paul McCartney?
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.
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.
Every time you go in and make a record it is like a calling card, not so people can come and hear you live or are interested in your catalog.
Radio is paid by advertising. They decide what songs to play that'll keep people listening. And that's what promoters and the Classic Rock people do.
I'm talking like 10, 12 years old. Either junior brings Mom and Pop or Mom and Pop bring the kids. I'm talking young here, not a college drinking crowd.
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.
I saw the movie Sid & Nancy. It was a pretty good movie. It didn't really make me a punk rock fan. But anything that's new, as long as it's good I enjoy it.
I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of the day was at that time - at least it was like that for me.
How would you define [Bob] Dylan? You can't. That's a true artist. How about Ray Charles? Can you classify Ray Charles? No, you can't. He's just great, period.
[European audiences differ from American] they talk different. The ones in Holland speak Dutch. The ones in Switzerland speak Swiss. That's the only difference.
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.
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.
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.