John R. told me you don't work for the radio station. You work for the people out there. Wolfman Jack More Quotes by Wolfman Jack More Quotes From Wolfman Jack We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues. Wolfman Jack feel-good earth people From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them. Wolfman Jack rock-n-roll rocks real I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know. Wolfman Jack healthy trying people Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper. Wolfman Jack play today giving If you do right, everything will come out right. Wolfman Jack ifs A little mordida, here. A little mordida, there. Wolfman Jack littles I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. I know folks like to be with somebody who's having a good time. You sure as hell don't want to be with somebody who's having a bad day. Wolfman Jack bad-day joy men Two thousand years from now they'll still be hearing about Elvis Presley. Wolfman Jack hearing two years I taught myself to tune in to another persons wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them. Wolfman Jack wavelength tunes trying I think the acts today get too much money. I really do. They wind up blowing it all anyway. It's silly to give children that much money. Wolfman Jack silly children thinking I am just a little tired of the Stones and the Beatles, and I don't care if I ever hear 'Louie Louie' ever again. Wolfman Jack tired care stones I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be. Wolfman Jack real use country My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity. Wolfman Jack intensity existence levels I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade. Wolfman Jack renegades enough long My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country. Wolfman Jack titles fake-people country Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how to party. The challenge of my life has been letting more and more of Bob Smith go, becoming the Wolfman on an almost full-time basis, while still taking care of business. Wolfman Jack challenge my-life business life Kids like classic rock, and so do adults. Wolfman Jack rock like classic kids I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to counteract that is to be like Wolfman Jack. Because if you do nice, kind things for people, then how are they going to mess you over? Wolfman Jack me you heart people The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had the expressiveness, the flair, the I'm-so-glad-to-be-me spirit that black folks have made a part of American life. Wolfman Jack black life people world Some people said my acting was a cross between Euell Gibbons, Rodney Allen Rippy and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Wolfman Jack some-people queen jungle people
