Song Quotes by George Thorogood

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

— George Thorogood

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

— 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

Rock 'n' roll never sleeps it just passes out.

— George Thorogood

Most of the time when we do a tune, Bad Blake, it's a tune no one's heard of to begin with.

— George Thorogood

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

— George Thorogood

Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs…

— George Thorogood

Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing.…

— George Thorogood

Anything that's new wave is new. As far as punk rock goes, I've never really been exposed to any.

— George Thorogood

Rock music is stronger than sports. That's why. Rock rules. Around the world, who's more famous: Willie Mays or Paul McCartney?

— 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…

— George Thorogood

Every time you go in and make a record it is like a calling card, not so people can come and hear…

— George Thorogood

When people come to the show they think we are a legendary band because they hear us on Classic Rock radio all…

— George Thorogood

There are now grandmothers and grandfathers coming to see us because they are of that age, they grew up in the '50s…

— George Thorogood

The [2012 covers album] 2120 [South Michigan Ave.] was different. We covered a lot of classics there. But most of the time…

— George Thorogood

This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to…

— George Thorogood

I figured if you want to get to where John Hammond is or Billy Gibbons is or Peter Wolf is, you have…

— George Thorogood

I said if you want to be Keith Richards, you've got to listen to Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Then I thought,…

— 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…

— George Thorogood