Johnny Otis Famous Quotes & Sayings
19 Johnny Otis Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and western. I had a bit to do with one of those traditions.— Johnny Otis
We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership.— Wesley Clark
I'm the best me when I'm with you. I'm the best me because of you.— M. Leighton
Surprise parties are strange 'cause people jump up and they yell the word, 'surprise' at the party. I came home and you emerged from my furniture. You don't have to tell me how to feel. I don't need a hint.— Demetri Martin
The All of Things is an infinite conjugation of the verb To do .— Thomas Carlyle
What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.— Lisa Gardner
Prayer is a weapon, a mighty weapon in a terrible conflict. Our prayers are to be a continual, conscious, earnest effort of battle, the battle against whatever is not God's will.— Peter Forsyth
Any doubt Gavin Kinshield had that he was in the right place vanished the moment he dismounted. The poplars and sweetgums, the shape of the cave mouth, the dirge-like song of a lone hermit thrush echoing through the trees - these things were as familiar as the boots on his feet. He gave Golam's flank an absent pat, and the horse ambled away to nibble a nearby bush.— K.C. May
Johnny Guitar ... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together. I would hear him sing every night.— Etta James
When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.— Johnny Otis
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.— Johnny Otis
The Lord is a good psychologist: he knows the way our minds run. Turmoil can be the Lord's way of tapping us on the shoulder and saying, 'Don't forget me.'— Eknath Easwaran
I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.— Candice S. Miller
coming to Christ! And until these are opened by the sweet influences of the Divine Spirit, they must be forever closed to anything like coming to Christ. DEPRAVED AFFECTIONS— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
I'm not suggesting our music is the only music, but I am suggesting that there are certain elements in America's culture that are so precious that it would be a shame for them to go down the drain.— Johnny Otis
The public is very forgiving. So we're not trying to obtain some level of perfection that can't be obtained. But if you're straightforward and honest and your constituents trust you, they'll help you get through the times when you fall short.— John Shimkus
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 Rivers
Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community.— Johnny Otis
I get a wave of pride in America when I look back at what we've accomplished in the field of music.— Johnny Otis
