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
dismiss paper people piece putting
There are people who'll dismiss me as 'just' a singer. That's how it is, how it's always been, but just because I'm not hunched over a piece of paper with a pen in my hand doesn't mean I'm not putting in the graft.
amazing gigs good people played
People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.
people feelings elements
I have sung to large crowds since then, and there is a feeling that once you get over 100,000 people, you kind of lose the control element, you don't know if you are really getting through or not.
people these-days ballads
I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.
song people lists
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.
people quarters weird-places
Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.
bit blast drifting people though
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.
I used to slap my hip to keep a beat.
I still like the stuff from the old days: Marvin Gaye, Donnie Hathaway.
almost alone coming english-musician europe good played since three
I thought it would be good to keep Europe alone for a bit, so it's coming up to almost three years since I have played over there.
few hard
I don't think you can live as long as I have in rock n' roll and not take a few hard knocks.
cafe english-musician gave money open running wife
We have a cafe up here where we live, we had it open for 3 years, and my wife was running it. But I sank so much money into it... we gave it a shot.
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.
knew
When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't even name half the new groups.