The old-timers schooled me good. They brainwashed me to respect music, whether we were playing rockabilly or blues or rock and roll. — Dr. John Copy Share Image
I was criticized by some people for my first album because they said I was taking sacred music. They knew nothing about… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
There was a lot of freedom, so bands in those days did not have to play for the public. They played for… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
The whole Lower Ninth Ward hasn't really recovered, but I feel a good spirit in my heart that something is going on… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
I strongly believe that Professor Longhair playing just instrumentals would be just as effective as stylized vocals; that's how much I believe… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
There was segregated unions, which was a real problem for me because - especially as I was working in the recording scene,… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
I hung at the studio. Myself and James Booker and several other musicians, as kids, we just literally hung at the studio,… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
When I first started, I didn't know what I was doing. I was such a - like a kid that got into… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
We all, if we go with ego I go or you go ego thing, it's got to be free from all of… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
Where Charlie Christian left off, Papoose started a new thing; he was an innovator of the guitar. The things he did during… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
When I was a little bitty kid, my aunt showed me how to play a little boogie. It took me years. I… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint,… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
I started out with the guitar and was a studio musician back in the 50s, and then got shot in my finger. — Dr. John Copy Share Image
Where Charlie Christian left off, Papoose started a new thing; he was an innovator of the guitar. The things he did during his recording… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
Like the tangled veins of cypress roots that meander this way and that in the swamp, everything in New Orleans is interrelated, wrapped around… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
I been trying to clean up my act with my children for a long time. And I pretty much got them all talking to… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
The whole Lower Ninth Ward hasn't really recovered, but I feel a good spirit in my heart that something is going on - music… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
New Orleans cats don't play a lot of solos unless they got something to say. It's not an ego thing like it is with… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
I think that any of the places that's cut off from money, things come up, what the people have to rely on. — Dr. John Copy Share Image
The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences public policy… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
Everybody in my neighborhood in the '40s, they played pianos. That's how people partied. They didn't try the TV, the radio was OK, records… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
Doc has been my name all my life, and John is my middle name. I'm proud of all my names - Malcolm John Michael… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
It was the first time I was looking, really, right after the storm, that I saw maybe the amount of devastation that had happened… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
There was a lot of freedom, so bands in those days did not have to play for the public. They played for club owners… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
I hung at the studio. Myself and James Booker and several other musicians, as kids, we just literally hung at the studio, hoping somebody… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
