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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
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George Thorogood
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 24
Baseball Player
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Wilmington
Delaware
George Lawrence Thorogood
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Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs I did. That set us apart from the average blues band.
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They said my friends were just an unruly mob, and I should get a hair cut and get a new job.
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My parents taught me what life is about, so I grew up the type they warned me about.
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I drink alone. Yeah, with nobody else. You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.
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Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.
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You know when your mouth a-getting dry You're plenty high.
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I love Hank Williams. Who doesn't love Hank Williams? So my choices are not that surprising.
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The [2012 covers album] 2120 [South Michigan Ave.] was different. We covered a lot of classics there. But most of the time when we did it I always prided myself on digging up obscure songs that no one knew of.
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My father had a couple of Mitch Miller records and a Spike Jones record, and that was it. My older brother had two or three Elvis Presley singles, and that was about it. The rest of it I did on my own.
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Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why.
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Pain I keep to myself my music is for entertainment purposes and I always have that in mind.
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I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan.
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On the day I was born, the nurses gathered around, to gaze in wide wonder at the joy they had found.
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Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working you know what I'm saying?
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How would you define [Bob] Dylan? You can't. That's a true artist. How about Ray Charles? Can you classify Ray Charles? No, you can't. He's just great, period.
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Everybody funny, now you funny too.
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When people come to the show they think we are a legendary band because they hear us on Classic Rock radio all the time. It is psychological. That's okay - I'm down with that.
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I swore under oath with the government not to give the whereabouts of my location.
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I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.
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There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.
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