George Thorogood Quotes & Sayings

The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio. — George Thorogood

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. — George Thorogood

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

I figured the people who liked the sort of thing I was doing would come see it. If it was only 200 then that was alright and if it was 2000 then that is alright as well. I wasn't really interested in the big numbers; I was just interested in some numbers. — George Thorogood

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

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

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

I'm more of a rhythmic player. My soloing is pretty much limited to playing slide guitar. — George Thorogood

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

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. — George Thorogood

I didn't live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles. — 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

Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started. — George Thorogood

I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know. — George Thorogood

Rock and roll never sleeps. It just passes out. — George Thorogood

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

I knew I had the right material and I knew what I was going after. — George Thorogood

There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one. — George Thorogood

I drink alone. Yeah, with nobody else. You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself. — George Thorogood

We've plotted through the years of how to get to here, where we are now, or we would have never made it. — George Thorogood

Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity. — George Thorogood

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

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers. — George Thorogood

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

You know when your mouth a-gettin' dry, you're plenty high — George Thorogood

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

I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan. — George Thorogood

Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working; you know what I'm saying? — George Thorogood

Everybody funny, now you funny too. — George Thorogood

Led Zeppelin, they still rule the airwaves. I hear Zeppelin every day, and they've been around since '69. So the people who grew up with that still listen to that, and now their children listen to it. — George Thorogood

Did I think it would last 30 years? No, I didn't think it would have those kind of legs. — George Thorogood

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. — George Thorogood

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. — George Thorogood

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

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