19 Quotes by Johnny Ramistella

Beware of pretty faces that you find, a pretty face can hide an evil mind.

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

That rich guy you’ve been seeing, must have put you down. Welcome back baby, to the poor side of town.

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.

I’ve got a Fender Concert amp from the ’60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

The first amp I had back in the ’50s was a small Fender.

I was rooming with Jimmy Bowen at the time, doing some gigs, then I went back to New Orleans and played there in ’62.

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.

I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn’t do too many gigs.