I never had a dime to my name before I became a fighter. I never had friends before, or respect. Now when people see me on the street, they turn around and say, Ain't that Sonny Liston, the fighter.
Quotes about sonny (15 Quotes)
I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.
I met Sonny after (Blind Boy) Fuller died, and me and Sonny played in the streets like everybody else.
When Sonny came to Congress, I looked at him as just another Hollywood politician, ... Working together on the Judiciary Committee, I came to admire and respect him.
From then on in, me and Sonny started makin' records. My first records, Sonny was backin' me up. Sonny wasn't singin' natural at the time; he was singin' falsetto.
Sonny doesn't think running around killing people is the greatest thing, but it's his curse. Now he feels maybe his brother is cursed, too.
So many people got us through the loss, ... Certainly beginning with family on all sides, tremendous friends, Sonny's congressional friends -- they really held me up in a huge way. I had a handful of members of Congress at my house everyday after Sonny died for about a week. They were there with me. But mostly, I think my children ... the big thing that my kids needed ... to know was that they lost their dad and they needed (to know) mom was strong and mom would go on.
They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a lot of us. Like when we played with Sonny Boy, I would never get paid, you know. He would drink up all the money.
Sonny was touched and was bawling like a baby. When I saw him, I just burst into tears.
Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.
Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.
Sonny, true love is the greatest thing, in the world -- except for a nice MLT -- mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe.
It's a sad day for everybody and I think for the country when we lose somebody who's as serious about legislation as Sonny Bono. A lot of people used to poke fun at him and maybe didn't think he was serious as a congressman here in Washington but he did a great job and we're going to miss him.
Sonny and his wife and our family really hit off. We really enjoyed each other's company.
I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the streets again.