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Dr. John
Dr. John
American Musician
Born: Nov 21, 1940
Always Me Music Musicians People You
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Doc has been my name all my life, and John is my middle name. I'm proud of all my names - Malcolm John Michael Creaux Rebennack. I'm proud of them names. Dr. John
Life My Life All My Life Has-Been John Name Names Proud Malcolm Been Michael Middle Them
See, I don't know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never thought that was a good idea. Dr. John
Good Crazy Thought Singing Big Nothing See About Never Had Idea Know Always Egos Just Wanted Aggravating Good Idea
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 again. Dr. John
Time Me Long Long Time Pretty Clean Clean Up Talking Accept Got Been Up Trying Children Again Them Much Act Now
I strongly believe that Professor Longhair playing just instrumentals would be just as effective as stylized vocals; that's how much I believe in his music. Dr. John
Music Believe Would Would-Be Strongly Vocals How Stylized How Much His Effective Just Much Professor Playing
There was segregated unions, which was a real problem for me because - especially as I was working in the recording scene, I had flack from the white union for hiring black musicians. I had flack from the black musician by hiring white musicians. Dr. John
Me Musicians Problem Black Recording White Unions Musician Scene Segregated Had Because Real Hiring Real Problem Which Working Union
I hung at the studio. Myself and James Booker and several other musicians, as kids, we just literally hung at the studio, hoping somebody would get sick or get hurt and that we'd get to sub for them. Dr. John
Myself Musicians Hurt Somebody Sick Other Several Hung Kids Would Hoping Studio Get Just James Literally Them
I had somebody call and make a joke about it: 'Oh, Buddy Guy won the Grammy - You should have won.' I said, 'No. Buddy should have won it.' He's a very talented cat. And don't forget, he's my homeboy, too. Dr. John
You Somebody Joke Too About Guy Cat Had He Buddy Talented Make Call Said Won Very Forget Oh Grammy Should
That's one of the reason T-Bone Burnett calls me... he thinks I'm used to doing what I do in the studio for him. Dr. John
Me He Studio Him Calls Doing Burnett Used Reason Thinks
New Orleans cats don't play a lot of solos unless they got something to say. It's not an ego thing like it is with some other musicians. You say what you gotta say and then shut up. Dr. John
You Musicians Cats Ego Other Unless Say Solos Some Something New Like Got Gotta Lot New Orleans Up Then Play Orleans Thing Shut Shut Up
My dad always pointed out Louis Armstrong's pad when we passed by there. And me and my dad were both proud Louis Armstrong was from New Orleans. Dr. John
Me Out Both Pointed New Armstrong Always Proud Passed Were New Orleans Louis Louis Armstrong Pad Dad Orleans
Like the tangled veins of cypress roots that meander this way and that in the swamp, everything in New Orleans is interrelated, wrapped around itself in ways that aren't always obvious. Dr. John
Everything Way Ways Wrapped Veins New Like Obvious Around Always Tangled New Orleans Itself Swamp Roots Orleans Interrelated
Right after Katrina, we did 'Sippiana Hericane.' I was real upset with everything. Dr. John
Everything Real Did Upset After Katrina Right
It was the first time I was looking, really, right after the storm, that I saw maybe the amount of devastation that had happened in the Lower Ninth Ward. Where my friends lived, which was about six blocks from where the industrial canal was, houses was smashed into houses, and there were, like, four houses smashed together. Dr. John
Time Together First Looking Saw Ninth About Devastation Had Smashed Like Industrial Houses First Time Were Blocks Friends Canal Six Maybe Where After Happened Storm Which Ward Really Lower Lived Right Amount Four
Indigenous peoples was messed over. It was like a tradition here. We broke every treaty with them that ever was written. I think Andrew Jackson wanted to wipe them out. Dr. John
People Every Think Broke Out Andrew Indigenous Wipe Written Over Over It Like Messed Tradition Jackson Wanted Them Ever Here Treaty
The old-timers schooled me good. They brainwashed me to respect music, whether we were playing rockabilly or blues or rock and roll. Dr. John
Music Good Me Respect Schooled Rock Rock And Roll Rockabilly Were Brainwashed Roll Blues Whether Playing
The whole Lower Ninth Ward hasn't really recovered, but I feel a good spirit in my heart that something is going on - music is coming back slowly. Dr. John
Music Good Heart Back Ninth Slowly Spirit Something Recovered Feel Coming Going Ward Really Lower Whole
It's obvious some people don't have an emotional thing for the music. Dr. John
Music People Some People Some Emotional Emotional Thing Obvious Thing

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