Quote

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music.

Johnny Ramistella

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Johnny Ramistella
Guy
Otis
Talking
Bobby
Song
Elvis
Around
Redneck
Music
Hanging
Writing
Guys
Time
Like
Songs

More quotes by Johnny Ramistella

Image
I took care of myself. Basically I'm a vegetarian, I run every day, I exercise. I kind of control my living habits. I try to get a good night's sleep every night, I don't stay up all night and do all that stuff.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
Beware of pretty faces that you find, a pretty face can hide an evil mind.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
That rich guy you've been seeing, must have put you down. Welcome back baby, to the poor side of town.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
I was rooming with Jimmy Bowen at the time, doing some gigs, then I went back to New Orleans and played there in '62.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
All summer long we spent dancin' in the sand, and the jukebox kept on playing Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.
Johnny Ramistella
Image
But I always loved songs with great lyrics.
Johnny Ramistella