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50 Great Quotes By Joe Cocker That Will Get You In Your Groove

Famous As: British Singer and Musician Known for His Album ‘With a Little Help from My Friends’
Born On: May 20, 1944
Died On: December 22, 2014
Born In: Crookes, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Died At Age: 70
Joe Cocker was a celebrated English musician and singer. He was distinguished for his sporadic body movements and plucky voice. In 1968, ‘With a Little Help from My Friends’, his rearranged song with ‘Beatles’ became a rage in the UK. TV series ‘The Wonder Years’ used his version as their theme song. He bagged numerous awards and accolades for his music and songs which included ‘Grammy Award’. He was also awarded a bronze ‘Sheffield Legends’ plague in 2007. For his outstanding services to music he was also awarded an OBE at Buckingham Place in 2008. We have rounded some interesting, motivating, enlightening and famous quotes and sayings by Joe Cocker which have been corralled from his lyrics, songs, thoughts, interviews, works, public utterances and life. Presenting popular and notable quotable quotes and thoughts by Joe Cocker.
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There are people who'll dismiss me as 'just' a singer. That's how it is, how it's always been, but just because I'm not hunched over a piece of paper with a pen in my hand doesn't mean I'm not putting in the graft.

There are people who'll dismiss me as 'just' a singer. That's how it is, how it's always been, but just because I'm not hunched over a piece of paper with a pen in my hand doesn't mean I'm not putting in the graft.

Joe Cocker
Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had just started hitting the shores of England.

Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had just started hitting the shores of England.

Joe Cocker
I never picked up a guitar as a kid, partly because my dad didn't want the noise in our little back-to-back in Sheffield.

I never picked up a guitar as a kid, partly because my dad didn't want the noise in our little back-to-back in Sheffield.

Joe Cocker
I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

Joe Cocker
I used to get so carried away while I was on stage that I'd be physically damaged by the end of a concert.

I used to get so carried away while I was on stage that I'd be physically damaged by the end of a concert.

Joe Cocker
I always encourage my promoter to see if we can go someplace new. And he'll go, 'OK, how about Armenia?'

I always encourage my promoter to see if we can go someplace new. And he'll go, 'OK, how about Armenia?'

Joe Cocker
I used to slap my hip to keep a beat.

I used to slap my hip to keep a beat.

Joe Cocker
In me soul, I'm gentle.

In me soul, I'm gentle.

Joe Cocker
I could never deny myself bein' an artist.

I could never deny myself bein' an artist.

Joe Cocker
I'm no good at breakin' off with people.

I'm no good at breakin' off with people.

Joe Cocker
I like to use effects, but a lot of the time I just can't deal with these tracks with all these artificial sounds.

I like to use effects, but a lot of the time I just can't deal with these tracks with all these artificial sounds.

Joe Cocker
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.

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.

Joe Cocker
People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.

People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.

Joe Cocker
When I look back, I didn't take care of myself at all.

When I look back, I didn't take care of myself at all.

Joe Cocker
I'm getting older; you realise you are on the countdown of what you are doing, so performing means more than it ever did to me.

I'm getting older; you realise you are on the countdown of what you are doing, so performing means more than it ever did to me.

Joe Cocker
I don't think you can live as long as I have in rock n' roll and not take a few hard knocks.

I don't think you can live as long as I have in rock n' roll and not take a few hard knocks.

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

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

Joe Cocker
It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.

It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.

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

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

Joe Cocker
For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.

For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.

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

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

Joe Cocker
It's nice to get a response from the artists that I cover.

It's nice to get a response from the artists that I cover.

Joe Cocker
Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

Joe Cocker
I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.

I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.

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

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

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

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

Joe Cocker
I have sung to large crowds since then, and there is a feeling that once you get over 100,000 people, you kind of lose the control element, you don't know if you are really getting through or not.

I have sung to large crowds since then, and there is a feeling that once you get over 100,000 people, you kind of lose the control element, you don't know if you are really getting through or not.

Joe Cocker
I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.

I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.

Joe Cocker
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.

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.

Joe Cocker
It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the kind of fans who listened to my music via their parents, you know what I mean?

It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the kind of fans who listened to my music via their parents, you know what I mean?

Joe Cocker