George Thorogood Quotes

Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity.

I don't care about the word 'pop'. The Beatles were pop; it's just what's popular.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

I would hope somebody out there will still want to hear a Backstreet Boys song when I'm 50-something.

Country radio has been so supportive.

I don't want people buying my records for this summer's hit. I want people buying them because they're interested in what Ministry will have to say in the future.

Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music.

I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.

My management tells me, Don't be optimistic, because it's the young people's world now. They want to hear what they want to hear, and you're a classic rocker. I don't know if you're gonna get the play.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

No, I don't think rock 'n' roll will ever fade.

Once Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings are not cool on country radio, it's time for a new format.

Though rock is not the force that it once was in America, it still has a loyal fan base that always seems to continue regardless of what popular culture deems as the 'cool thing.'

Commercial success won't come to us from a change in the music. It will gradually be the result of a change in the appetite of the audience.

I don't think 'Shooting Stars' has ever successfully been replaced.

I'd say most of the rest of the world are bigger Beatles fans than me. They'd know more of the songs and more of the lyrics - I don't really know that stuff. I just respect them.

Young fans want to know about the past and older fans also want to find new music.

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.

I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.

Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.

Pop has to exist and it's a great thing.

Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how it is today.

Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past.

A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.