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
someplace
I always encourage my promoter to see if we can go someplace new. And he'll go, 'OK, how about Armenia?'
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.
english-musician good
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.
touring
Ive been touring now since about 68.
nice artist response
It's nice to get a response from the artists that I cover.
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.
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.
english-musician york
Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.
tip
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.
english-musician relax somewhere
Well, we have this place in Telluride, Colorado. It's somewhere I can just get away and relax and think.
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.
When I look back, I didn't take care of myself at all.