Otis Quotes

25 Otis quotes by 23 unique authors

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs,… — Johnny Ramistella
I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today...Al Stanton walked in one day and said, 'Otis, I've got an idea. Why don't you… — Otis Blackwell
Ladies and gentlemen, Otis Alexander Sudeikis has LEFT the building! (I'm the building) — Olivia Wilde
I cant think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you. It happened to me one time… — Nolan Ryan
Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears… — Beverly Cleary
While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the… — Roland Gift
No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it… — David Halberstam
I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it — Janis Joplin
If you took a little of Sam Cooke and a little of Little Richard, and poured it in a jar and shook it up and… — Steve Cropper
Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white… — Robin Thicke
Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in… — Etta James
Otis Brawley is one of America's truly outstanding physician scientists. In How We Do Harm, he challenges all of us-- physicians, patients, and communities-- to… — David Satcher
I saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted… — Sada Thompson
Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little… — Chrissie Hynde
Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe Turner, La Vern… — Jon Landau
The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix,… — Steven Van Zandt
Otis D'ablo is alive! Do you here me? He is alive and trying to kill me! — Heather Brewer
They'll torture you for months before killing you if you run" Otis shrugged, as if this was an everyday occurrence. — Heather Brewer
Everyone hates clowns," Otis said. "Even other clowns hate clowns. — Rick Riordan
Otis barreled towards them empty-handed, before apparently realizing that a) he was empty-handed and b) charging towards a large body of water to fight a… — Rick Riordan
Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them. — Donald Dunn
The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis. — Robbie Robertson
I felt a little uncomfortable because, when I went in to the military, I was the main male vocalist they had and when I came… — William Bell
When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead Belly,… — Langhorne Slim
An Otis Redding song, it's all I own. — The Police

Who Wrote These Otis Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 25 Otis Quotes as follows: