Ronnie Hawkins Quotes

Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.

— Ronnie Hawkins

“I spent ninety percent of my money on wine, women and song and just wasted the other ten percent.”

— Ronnie Hawkins

“'The bigtime for you is just around the corner.' They told me that first in 1952 - boy, it's been a long corner. If I don't hit the bigtime in the next 25 or 30 years, I'm gonna pack in the music business and become a full-time gigolo.”

— Ronnie Hawkins

“We were playing, not for the drunks, but for the musicians, because it was more intellectually challenging. We needed somewhere to put our energy to show that we were growing, and as we started to achieve this, people came to hear us musically.”

— Ronnie Hawkins

“A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. It's not always the best people you need, but the right ones for the job.”

— Ronnie Hawkins

“I am a cross between Carl Perkins and Led Zeppelin.”

— Ronnie Hawkins

Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then.

— Ronnie Hawkins

“I don't know who's left to hear us. But if there are people who want the real thing, we've got it. My band rocks, and I plan to keep doing it 'till nobody shows up to see it anymore.”

— Ronnie Hawkins

“I was a Gordon Lightfoot fan before he ever had a song out. You just knew he was pure talent and he was going to be successful. Gordon has written and recorded some of the greatest music ever.”

— Ronnie Hawkins

“I hope the Canada Pops can play in E and A. I do 'Forty Days' and 'Bo Diddley'. I don't change songs, just bands.”

— Ronnie Hawkins

“If you think all men are created equal, you haven't seen Bo Diddley in the shower.”

— Ronnie Hawkins