Quotes by Joe Cocker, page 2

Joe Cocker - musician

Also called: John Robert Cocker.

Was born on 20 may 1944.
Died on 22 dec 2014, at 70 years old.

Last year I toured a bit of America. I was on the road for 7 months, cause I hadn't toured the states in a long time.

Quote by Joe Cocker about time

Making music, if you're a real musician, you carry on, regardless in this world.

Quote by Joe Cocker about music, real estate, world

Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.

Quote by Joe Cocker about nation, people

Over the years, I've worked with just about everybody.

Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there; people really like them.

Quote by Joe Cocker about reason, good, good luck, people

The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age.

Quote by Joe Cocker about age, olderness, world

Then I got hung up on Ray Charles very heavily; I loved Ray's music and still do.

Quote by Joe Cocker about music

Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.

We have a cafe up here where we live, we had it open for 3 years, and my wife was running it. But I sank so much money into it... we gave it a shot.

Quote by Joe Cocker about wife, money

Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing.

Well, we have this place in Telluride, Colorado. It's somewhere I can just get away and relax and think.

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands, now I couldn't even name half the new groups.

Quote by Joe Cocker about name

Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.