Well, over the years, I’ve developed a stable of songs of which I’m known for and never get tired of singing. – Joe Cocker
I used to get so carried away while I was on stage that I’d be physically damaged by the end of a concert. – Joe Cocker
The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age. – Joe Cocker
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. – Joe Cocker
I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can’t overload people. – Joe Cocker
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. – Joe Cocker
Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it’s a very weird place to be. – Joe Cocker
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. – Joe Cocker
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? – Joe Cocker
Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis… you know in the ’60s. – Joe Cocker
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? – Joe Cocker
