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Joe Cocker
English
Musician
Born:
May 20
,
1944
Died:
Dec 22
,
2014
Get
Good
Me
People
Think
You
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I have one message for young musicians around the world: Stay true to your heart, believe in yourself, and work hard.
Joe Cocker
Work
Musicians
Heart
Yourself
Work Hard
World
Believe In Yourself
Young
Believe
Stay
Stay True
True
Message
Around
Your
Hard
I'm getting older; you realise you are on the countdown of what you are doing, so performing means more than it ever did to me.
Joe Cocker
Me
You
Getting Older
Older
More
Performing
Doing
Than
Did
Getting
Realise
Means
Ever
A lot of times when you're young and carefree, you don't realize, when you tip over the edge, how difficult it is to climb back in.
Joe Cocker
You
Edge
Young
Difficult
Back
Over
How
Climb
Lot
Times
Tip
Realize
Carefree
If you're going to have a cabin fever, have a big cabin, you know.
Joe Cocker
You
Big
Cabin
Know
Fever
Going
Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around.
Joe Cocker
Around
Am
Where
Galloping
Europe
I've been touring now since about '68.
Joe Cocker
About
Touring
Since
Been
Now
I was in Germany when the wall came down.
Joe Cocker
Down
Came
Germany
Wall
Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.
Joe Cocker
New
York
New York
Happened
Unfortunately
Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.
Joe Cocker
You
Back
Chuck
Chuck Berry
Berry
Know
Most
Rockers
Lee
Loved
Little
Richard
Then
Little Richard
Jerry
Lewis
Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there; people really like them.
Joe Cocker
Good
People
Once
Kinda
Some
Good Reason
Songs
Like
Hits
List
While
Them
Really
Reason
Why
Basically
Set
I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.
Joe Cocker
You
People
Be Careful
Days
Always
Overload
Ballads
Been
Sucker
Careful
Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.
Joe Cocker
You
People
Once
Entertaining
Weird
Quarter
Very
Get
Place
Million
Million People
Over the years, I've worked with just about everybody.
Joe Cocker
Everybody
About
Over
Years
Just
Worked
For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.
Joe Cocker
Me
Focus
Songs
Audience
Get
Which
Moving
Really
Making music, if you're a real musician, you carry on regardless in this world.
Joe Cocker
Music
You
World
Musician
Carry
Making
Real
Regardless
I like to use effects, but a lot of the time I just can't deal with these tracks with all these artificial sounds.
Joe Cocker
Time
Like
Tracks
Deal
Sounds
Lot
Effects
Artificial
Just
Use
I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times.
Joe Cocker
Good
Thought
Think
Only
Couple
Been
Times
Any
Being
The Only Thing
Pub
Landlord
Ever
Thing
I could never deny myself bein' an artist.
Joe Cocker
Myself
Could
Never
Deny
Artist
In me soul, I'm gentle.
Joe Cocker
Me
Soul
Gentle
To be on the road, even if you're not that happy, is all right, as long as I'm pourin' me heart into it.
Joe Cocker
Me
You
Heart
Happy
Long
Road
Even
Right
A lot of times, it's nice to open, because the heat's off you. You just go out and blast your set and say to whoever's going to finish, 'There you go.' Even though when you first start, people are drifting in, and that's kind of a bit disconcerting.
Joe Cocker
You
People
First
Nice
Say
Bit
Though
Out
Kind
Finish
Drifting
Open
Blast
Because
Disconcerting
Go
Lot
Off
Times
Heat
Going
Just
Your
Whoever
Even
Start
Set
I used to slap my hip to keep a beat.
Joe Cocker
Beat
Hip
Used
Keep
Slap
I always encourage my promoter to see if we can go someplace new. And he'll go, 'OK, how about Armenia?'
Joe Cocker
OK
Promoter
See
About
Someplace
He
New
Armenia
Always
How
Go
Encourage
I used to get so carried away while I was on stage that I'd be physically damaged by the end of a concert.
Joe Cocker
Stage
Carried
Physically
Concert
End
Get
While
Used
Away
Damaged
I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.
Joe Cocker
Good
You
Think
Able
Songwriter
Instrument
Play
I never picked up a guitar as a kid, partly because my dad didn't want the noise in our little back-to-back in Sheffield.
Joe Cocker
Noise
Guitar
Our
Kid
Never
Picked
Partly
Because
Sheffield
Up
Want
Little
Dad
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