Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBEwas an English singer and musician. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth20 May 1944
song able rays
I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.
people quarters weird-places
Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.
new-york happened
Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.
years want looks
I only look at things in a short term of a few years, but admittedly, I reevaluate what I'm doing, and whether I want to continue touring or not.
song feelings
I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.
years guy singing
God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?
mean america interesting
It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the kind of fans who listened to my music via their parents, you know what I mean?
years
Over the years, Ive worked with just about everybody.
style matter hearing
It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.
believe heart hard-work
I have one message for young musicians around the world. Stay true to your heart, believe in yourself, and work hard.
inspirational lifts
Love lift us up where we belong.
song moving focus
For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.
beautiful needs need-you
You're everything I hope for. You're everything I need. You are so beautiful to me.
realise
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.