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'.
Dr. John, CC BY-SA 4.0
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.
Dr. John, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Nationalities: United States
Cause of death: myocardial infarction
Languages: English
Years active: 1950–
Instruments: digital organ, piano, voice, guitar, musical keyboard, Hammond organ, organ, electric piano
Record labels: Blue Note, Atco Records, Warner Music Group, Nonesuch Records, Concord Records, United Artists Records, GRP Records, Proper Records
Genres: rhythm and blues, rock music, blues, funk, boogie-woogie, Dixieland jazz
Education: Jesuit High School