Dr. John

thumb|Dr. John at the 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. Quotes I was criticized by some people for my first album because they said I was taking sacred music. They knew nothing about what I was doing. That was no sacred music; that's music I wrote. I patterned it around voodoo church music, but it wasn't exactly the music of the lyrics of nothing'. Cited in: Dave Thompson. Bayou Underground: Tracing the Mythical Roots of American Popular Music, 2010. p. 132 Well, I like to think about what Louis Armstrong and also Duke Ellington said about music. There'are only two kinds of music: good and bad... And, I would like to think about my music as being good. 10 Questions for Dr. John, Time interview by Tim Morrison at YouTube, 10 Sept. 2010, 0.30/6.08 min. Dr. John in answer to the question "How would you describe your own music." Misattributed When the voice and the vision on the inside is more profound, and more clear and loud than all opinions on the outside, you've begun to master your life. Misattributed at azquotes.com to Dr. John, accessed 02.10.2022 Quote is by Dr. John Demartini, see also managemagazine.com, Dec. 6, 2018 External links Category:1941 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Pianists from the United States Category:Jazz singers Category:Blues singers Category:People from New Orleans