Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdonis an English singer-songwriter best known as a member and vocalist of rock band The Animals and the funk band War and for his aggressive stage performance. He was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth11 May 1941
thinking who-i-am want
I don't think I've ever changed. I am only one person, it's just me. I'm confident and I'm quite happy with who I am, but it's my life and I'll be what I want.
thinking nazi ufo
If you think that UFOs will come and save you, don't be fooled. The Nazis invented UFOs...
sweet children thinking
I'm really still a child of the Forties. I still think about it a lot, about the repercussions of armed conflict. Until 1953 we had rationing. We couldn't buy meat, we couldn't buy pleasurable goods like cigarettes and sweets. I didn't starve - my family were lucky - but I knew what it was like standing in line waiting for foodstuffs.
suicide thinking way
I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.
writing kissing thinking
Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff. I wish I could write about really ultimate things. That's where I think all of us want to go, really. All the groups seem to be heading towards a kind of pop music that deals with ultimate things.
rock-and-roll rocks alive
I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like me, just tried to keep rock and roll alive.
activism
My activism was, and is, unknown, unannounced, but somehow effective.
nuts air shells
In a nut shell, air travel is the worst part about touring.
trying littles reunion
I've got a great dislike of reunions. It's a little like trying to go back and relive the best parts of your life, but you can't do it. Nothing is ever the same.
new-orleans san-francisco numbers
Well, it seems that one day Dylan was drivin' up to San Francisco from New Orleans or somewhere, when our record [House of the Rising Sun] came over his radio. When it was announced he said to Joan Baez -- who was with him at the time -- 'This'll be the first time I've heard this version', although it was number one in the States. So he listened to it, stopped the car, ran round the car five times, banged his head on the bumper and began leapin' about shouting 'It's great! It's great!'
running rivers dry
There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.
art stars media
This really blew my mind, the fact that me, an over fed, long haired, leaping gnome, should be the star of a Hollywood movie.
animal worst-enemy names
The Animals were their own worst enemy. The Animals were a band that couldnt live up to their name. I was the singer in the band and as long as I was enjoying myself I would keep on working with the band. But it got to be rather nasty once the big money showed up - things started to turn toxic.
animal america faults
As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as far as we could take it. Our reunion tour in 1983 went pretty good until we left America. Then we pushed it too hard and it fell apart.