Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack, was an American disc jockey active for over three decades. Famous for the gravelly voice which he credited for his success, saying, “It’s kept meat and potatoes on the table for years for Wolfman and Wolfwoman. A couple of shots of whiskey helps it.
Wolfman Jack Quotes
1. “If you do right, everything will come out right.”
— Wolfman Jack
2. “John R. told me you don’t work for the radio station. You work for the people out there.”
— Wolfman Jack
3. “Two thousand years from now they’ll still be hearing about Elvis Presley.”
— Wolfman Jack
4. “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
5. “A little mordida, here. A little mordida, there.”
— Wolfman Jack
6. “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
7. “We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues.”
— Wolfman Jack
8. “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
9. “My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of ‘The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness’ in that country.”
— Wolfman Jack
10. “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
11. “I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be.”
— Wolfman Jack
12. “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
13. “My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity.”
— Wolfman Jack
14. “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
