In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown up with in New Orleans in the 1940s and 1950s. I tried to keep a lot of the little changes that were characteristic of New Orleans, while working my own funknology on piano and guitar.
We all, if we go with ego I go or you go ego thing, it's got to be free from all of that and just roll, because music is a spiritual thing. It's got … - Dr. John
We all, if we go with ego I go or you go ego thing, it's got to be free from all of that and just roll, because music is a spiritual thing. It's got …
- Dr. John
I always seemed to be in the right place at the wrong time. - Dr. John
I always seemed to be in the right place at the wrong time.
See, I dont know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never tho… - Dr. John
See, I dont know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never tho…
The events which transpired five thousand years ago; Five years ago or five minutes ago, have determined what will happen five minutes from now; five… - Dr. John
The events which transpired five thousand years ago; Five years ago or five minutes ago, have determined what will happen five minutes from now; five…
I been trying to clean up my act with my children for a long time. And I pretty much got them all talking to me now. And they accept me as a humanoid… - Dr. John
I been trying to clean up my act with my children for a long time. And I pretty much got them all talking to me now. And they accept me as a humanoid…
Stress is the inability to adapt to a changing environment. - Dr. John
Stress is the inability to adapt to a changing environment.
When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair, James Boo… - Dr. John
When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair, James Boo…
I'd rather have the whole world against me than my own soul. - Dr. John
I'd rather have the whole world against me than my own soul.
History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell there political and cultural time of day. It is als… - Dr. John
History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell there political and cultural time of day. It is als…
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