35 Quotes by Johnny Rivers

Jack and I usually get together and sit around in the afternoons and start throwing ideas around.

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

I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I.

James was back there on a vacation, ... He was one of my favorite guitar players. I had written this song ('I'll Make Believe') that everyone said sounded like a good song for Ricky Nelson. I gave it to James. He took it back to Los Angeles and then called me and said, 'Hey, that song you gave me, I played it for Ricky and he likes it. He's gonna record it.' I went, 'Wow.' That was a big deal at the time because Elvis was in the Army and Ricky was the top guy.

I think my favorite album was probably Realization.

What I really remember is that people camped out everywhere, and the fact everybody expected it might turn into a big nightmare with all sorts of hassles because back in those days everybody was smoking pot and taking acid.

We were the hot young band around there, ... I still have newspaper articles and stuff like that.

Performing live, that's the ultimate thing. That's where it starts and that's where it ends. It's all about playing music.

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were.