Dr. John Quotes

American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter.

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Birth Name: Malcolm John Rebennack

Native Name: Mac Rebennack

Also Known As: The Nighttripper

Alternative Names: Mac Rebennack - Dr. John • Dr. John & the Nighttripper • Dr. John Creaux • John Creaux

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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'.

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.