I figured if you want to get to where John Hammond is or Billy Gibbons is or Peter Wolf is, you have to start listening to the same stuff they did, and learn from that, and that's what I did. — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
The [2012 covers album] 2120 [South Michigan Ave.] was different. We covered a lot of classics there. But most of the time when we… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
I knew I had the right material and I knew what I was going after. — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working; you know what I'm saying? — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
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… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
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… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
I hate categories. Hank Williams is a great artist, period. Bob Dylan is a great artist, so is Marty Robbins. They just classify these… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
I saw the movie Sid & Nancy. It was a pretty good movie. It didn't really make me a punk rock fan. But anything… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
Did I think it would last 30 years? No, I didn't think it would have those kind of legs. — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started. — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
The other day I got invited to a party, but I stayed home instead. Just me and my pal Johnny Walker and his brothers… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
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,… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
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… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
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