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Time & Perspective Quote by Wolfman Jack

"We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues"

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Wolfman Jack’s line reads like a party slogan, but it’s really a philosophy of performance dressed in street clothes. “We are put on this earth to have a good time” is classic DJ evangelism: a simple, declarative permission slip in a culture that’s always trying to moralize pleasure. Coming from an entertainer who built a mythic persona out of late-night radio and rock ‘n’ roll, it’s also a reframing of purpose. Not productivity. Not respectability. Vibe.

The sly turn is the next sentence: “This makes other people feel good.” He’s smuggling responsibility into hedonism. The good time isn’t a private stash; it’s contagious. That’s the whole job description of a broadcaster: translate your own energy into a signal that travels. Wolfman Jack’s era treated radio as communal infrastructure, a nocturnal meeting place for teenagers, truckers, insomniacs, and anyone who needed the sense that the world was still awake with them. His rasp and howl weren’t just branding; they were proof of life on the other end.

“And the cycle continues” lands like a benediction and a business model. Joy is reciprocal, almost mechanical: you give it out, you get it back, it multiplies. There’s subtext here about why entertainment matters even when it’s dismissed as frivolous: pleasure is social glue, a feedback loop that keeps people from feeling alone. Wolfman Jack isn’t defending fun; he’s arguing it’s a public service with a beat.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Jack, Wolfman. (2026, January 16). We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-are-put-on-this-earth-to-have-a-good-time-this-111448/

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Jack, Wolfman. "We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-are-put-on-this-earth-to-have-a-good-time-this-111448/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-are-put-on-this-earth-to-have-a-good-time-this-111448/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Wolfman Jack (January 21, 1938 - July 1, 1995) was a Entertainer from USA.

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