Eric Burdon Quotes

Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

If you have a guy like Jermaine, it's a pain in the neck. When we were on the road together in Europe, Jesus, I had to kick the girls off of him. I mean, they throw themselves on the floor and take off their hats.

I love to sing and perform. It is what I do and love. It completes my life.

Singing is and always will be a part of my life.

But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.

I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.

That was the whole point in forming a band. Girls. Absolutely gorgeous girls.

I carry on singing because I love it. The closer you are to the end, the more you understand how important it is.

I'll sing as long as I can because I enjoy doing that. I enjoy the fans and what I do. I love the traveling and the hotels and just seeing the world over and over again.

My life is to sing.

My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.

I'm quite happy trekking around Greenland on my own, but those big book tours in America or the Far East are the only time I ever really feel lonely.

Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life.

I love touring, I really do.

When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of myself primarily as a singer. Not a songwriter, not a celebrity, just a man who likes to sing.

That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.

Singing is my passion and I always wanted to travel the country.

I've been singing since I was 16 because I love it - I wanted to be a singer, not a star. There's a difference between wanting to be famous and wanting to sing well.

I'm dedicated to touring the rest of my life.

I can't imagine life without singing.

I'd love to be a rockstar.

The cliched rock life never seemed that cool to me.

Singing is my life, and I have to do it, or I'm going to go totally bananas.

I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.

I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.