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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.

George Thorogood

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George Thorogood
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 24
Baseball Player
Guitarist
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Wilmington
Delaware
George Lawrence Thorogood
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Every morning just before breakfast I don't want no coffee or tea, just me and my good Buddy Wieser, that's all I ever need.
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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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I drink alone. Yeah, with nobody else. You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.
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You know when your mouth a-getting dry You're plenty high.
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As you get older the odds are against you that you are still going to be on the planet.
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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 do.
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I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal. I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal.
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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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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.
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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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I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan.
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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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There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.
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Everybody funny, now you funny too.
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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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I hate categories. Hank Williams is a great artist, period. Bob Dylan is a great artist, so is Marty Robbins. They just classify these people and put them in categories so they can sell the thing easier.
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I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.
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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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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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I love Hank Williams. Who doesn't love Hank Williams? So my choices are not that surprising.
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