Ernie Isley quotes
-
“Don't believe everything you hear on the street.”
-- Ernie Isley -
“I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.”
-- Ernie Isley -
“The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.”
-- Ernie Isley -
-
“There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.”
-- Ernie Isley -
“It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all the time in practice. The surprise is that somebody else likes it.”
-- Ernie Isley -
“My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14.”
-- Ernie Isley -
“You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight.”
-- Ernie Isley -
-
“I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.”
-
“I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.”
-
“I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.”
-
“I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.”
-
Source : "Ronnie". Book by Ronnie Drew, September 3, 2009.
-
“I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.”
-
Source : Catherine Gilbert Murdock (2007). “Dairy Queen”, p.25, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
You may also like:
-
Eminem
Rapper -
Jimi Hendrix
Musician -
Kendrick Lamar
Recording Artist -
R. Kelly
Singer-songwriter -
Ronald Isley
Singer-songwriter -
Vernon Reid
Guitarist -
Layzie Bone
Rapper -
Suzanne Crough
Actress -
Thelma Houston
Singer