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Creativity Quote by Ron Wood

"When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man"

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Ron Wood’s “boom” is doing a lot of work: it’s the sound effect of instant fate, but also the practiced snap of a rock memoir tightening into a clean, crowd-pleasing story. He frames love like a hit single - immediate, undeniable, over in three minutes - and that’s exactly why it lands. Rock culture runs on narratives of excess and reinvention; Wood offers the counter-myth, the redemption arc delivered with a wink.

The specific intent is plain: to canonize his relationship with Jo as the moment everything clicked. “When I first saw Jo” sets the scene like a backstage anecdote, the kind fans expect: a glimpse behind the curtain that still feels cinematic. “Boom” turns recognition into impact, making emotion physical. It’s not reflective language; it’s percussive language, a drummer’s punctuation for the heart.

The subtext, though, is reputation management. “Because I’m a one-woman man” doesn’t just describe fidelity; it argues for it, as if the audience might doubt the claim. Coming from a musician whose world is stereotyped as nomadic and temptation-rich, the phrase reads as a corrective, a declaration of identity meant to outmuscle the mythology around him. It’s also slightly performative in a way that feels honest: he’s insisting on a self he wants to be, not only the self people expect.

Context matters: this is the modern celebrity romance script, but filtered through classic-rock swagger. He keeps it simple, because simplicity is the sell.

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Wood, Ron. (2026, January 16). When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-first-saw-jo-i-said-boom-that-was-it-94542/

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Wood, Ron. "When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-first-saw-jo-i-said-boom-that-was-it-94542/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-first-saw-jo-i-said-boom-that-was-it-94542/. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.

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Ron Wood (born June 1, 1947) is a Musician from United Kingdom.

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