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
I still like the stuff from the old days: Marvin Gaye, Donnie Hathaway.
real world musician
Making music, if youre a real musician, you carry on, regardless in this world.
I used to slap my hip to keep a beat.
thinking idols scary
Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?
jobs gas pipe
I had a job when I was 16 at a gas fitter, which was a bit like a pipe fitter.
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.
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.
In the end, I don't think you can find soul. Soul finds you.
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 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.
good
I'm no good at breakin' off with people.
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.
If you're going to have a cabin fever, have a big cabin, you know.