George Thorogood Quotes

A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues.

I'm a rock/blues guitar player. I'm not wanting to be a pop star or anything.

I'd definitely like to see less twerking and more power chords.

I love all the '90s kind of grunge, and I love classic rock: That's where the spectrum lies.

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.

I like rock & roll, and I don't like much else.

Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence.

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer... if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?

I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do.

When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.

I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.

I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.

I don't listen to a ton of rock music.

I'm a Nickelback guy.

I love jam bands, but I still like a three-and-a-half-minute rock song.

I was a born rock n' roll sax player.

I'm a hundred percent a rock n' roll guy.

Basically we're a blues oriented rock 'n' roll band… easy to listen to.

I consider myself more of a rock 'n' roll fiddler.

I love blues, mellow rock 'n' roll.

Being a rock and roll band is about spending time on the details so that you can hone your own identity.

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.

Well I listened to mostly rock music, and I felt like hip hop was like an extension of rock music when it was done well. So energetically, again I felt like it was in line with punk rock and maybe hard rock, more than it was in line with R&B, which I never really liked.