Ralph Johnson Quotes (7 Quotes)

(Manhattan) is on the edge of very explosive growth.

I accept death, personally I accept death. But the virus, just knowing I'm going to die from the virus -- it messes with me.

Man, LA was crazy. But Rees was a great role model. He didn't smoke, drink or get high. And, at the age of 21 or so, we were very impressionable. So we adopted that lifestyle and work ethic and here we are, still in the game.

It was a lovely day. We just hope at some stage the government allows the others to visit and do normal family things.

The adhesive pop quality of their songs - Shining Star, Can't Hide Love, Serpentine Fire, Fantasy and the disco classic Boogie Wonderland - was matched by superslick playing born out of their roots in fusion jazz. People used to call us a funk band, ... But it was a little more complicated than that. We were a fusion group made commercial. We had a lot of progressive chord changes and bebop horn lines and then hooks that a child could sing.

About 17 dry stations that we have stopped at, a lot of places won't even let you in the store.

Verdine White would soar aloft on wires. Johnson's drum kit was welded to a riser which rotated through 360 degrees with him still flailing away- a stunt the band devised after watching Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer spin his piano. I had a lot of fun doing it, ... Never got sick. And I'd do it again.