72 Quotes by Joe Cocker

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.

'You Are So Beautiful,' I think, is probably the, you know, the strongest tune I ever did in just the simplicity in it.

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

My strongest audiences are in Germany and France - they stuck with me through my dark days in the '70s.

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

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.

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?

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

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