--- title: "1 Music Coming Quotes By Dr. John" description: "1 Music Coming quotes by Dr. John. Plus more from Dr. John and more Music Coming sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/dr-john-13961_good_the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really_645565.jpg" --- > [The whole Lower Ninth Ward hasn't really recovered, but I feel a good spirit in my heart that something is going on - music is coming back slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really-recovered-but-i-feel-a-good/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/dr-john-13961_good_the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really_645565.jpg) ## More by Dr. John > [Where Charlie Christian left off, Papoose started a new thing; he was an innovator of the guitar. The things he did during his recording…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/where-charlie-christian-left-off-papoose-started-a-new-thing-he-was/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [Like the tangled veins of cypress roots that meander this way and that in the swamp, everything in New Orleans is interrelated, wrapped around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/like-the-tangled-veins-of-cypress-roots-that-meander-this-way-and/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [I been trying to clean up my act with my children for a long time. And I pretty much got them all talking to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/i-been-trying-to-clean-up-my-act-with-my-children-for-a-long-time-and/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [The whole Lower Ninth Ward hasn't really recovered, but I feel a good spirit in my heart that something is going on - music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really-recovered-but-i-feel-a-good/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/new-orleans-cats-don-t-play-a-lot-of-solos-unless-they-got-something/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [I think that any of the places that's cut off from money, things come up, what the people have to rely on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/i-think-that-any-of-the-places-that-s-cut-off-from-money-things-come/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences public policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/the-specter-of-color-is-apparent-even-when-it-goes-unmentioned-and-it/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/everybody-in-my-neighborhood-in-the-40s-they-played-pianos-that-s-how/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [Doc has been my name all my life, and John is my middle name. I'm proud of all my names - Malcolm John Michael…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/doc-has-been-my-name-all-my-life-and-john-is-my-middle-name-i-m-proud/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [It was the first time I was looking, really, right after the storm, that I saw maybe the amount of devastation that had happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/it-was-the-first-time-i-was-looking-really-right-after-the-storm-that/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [There was a lot of freedom, so bands in those days did not have to play for the public. They played for club owners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/there-was-a-lot-of-freedom-so-bands-in-those-days-did-not-have-to/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [I hung at the studio. Myself and James Booker and several other musicians, as kids, we just literally hung at the studio, hoping somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/i-hung-at-the-studio-myself-and-james-booker-and-several-other/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [I'd rather have the whole world against me than my own soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/i-d-rather-have-the-whole-world-against-me-than-my-own-soul/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [I had somebody call and make a joke about it: 'Oh, Buddy Guy won the Grammy - You should have won.' I said, 'No.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/i-had-somebody-call-and-make-a-joke-about-it-oh-buddy-guy-won-the/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) > [In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/in-1972-i-recorded-gumbo-an-album-that-was-both-a-tribute-to-and-my/) [Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-coming/dr-john/#itemlist", "name": "1 Music Coming Quotes By Dr. John", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The whole Lower Ninth Ward hasn't really recovered, but I feel a good spirit in my heart that something is going on - music is coming back slowly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dr. John" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really-recovered-but-i-feel-a-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/dr-john-13961_good_the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really_645565.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/dr-john-13961_good_the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really_645565.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/dr-john-13961_good_the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really_645565.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The whole Lower Ninth Ward hasn't really recovered, but I feel a good spirit in my heart that something is…” — Dr. John", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-coming/dr-john/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-coming/dr-john/", "name": "Music Coming Quotes by Dr. John", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-coming/dr-john/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/dr-john-13961_good_the-whole-lower-ninth-ward-hasn-t-really_645565.jpg" }, "description": "1 Music Coming quotes by Dr. John. 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