38 Quotes by Wolfman Jack

John R. told me you don't work for the radio station. You work for the people out there.

John R. told me you don’t work for the radio station. You work for the people out there.

I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. I know folks like to be with somebody who’s having a good time. You sure as hell don’t want to be with somebody who’s having a bad day.

Two thousand years from now they’ll still be hearing about Elvis Presley.

I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I’ve lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.

Half the time I feel like I’m appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I’m an upper.

My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of ‘The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness’ in that country.

I am just a little tired of the Stones and the Beatles, and I don’t care if I ever hear ‘Louie Louie’ ever again.

I think the acts today get too much money. I really do. They wind up blowing it all anyway. It’s silly to give children that much money.