Sonny Quotes
40 quotes by 30 authors
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I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or…
— Eric Clapton
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When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come…
— Ray Davies
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The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of his. He said…
— Muhammad Ali
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I remember when we did our first read-through, Sonny [Bono] looks at the script and he goes, 'Okay, I'll see you guys later. Chai-ay-oh!' And…
— Teri Garr
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I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is…
— Mike Tyson
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Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's…
— Muhammad Ali
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I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I'm…
— Muhammad Ali
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I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic concepts. And those…
— Charles Mingus
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I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.
— John Milius
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When I beat Sonny Liston, I shocked the world. When I joined the Muslims, I shocked the world. When I beat George Forman, I shocked…
— Muhammad Ali
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You can't just sit around and watch life pass you by. You have to keep dreaming. Sonny taught me that, and I intend to do…
— Cher
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I have no belief in the system. So Sonny is perfectly at home (in Washington D.C.). Politicians are one step down below used-car salesmen.
— Cher
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Sonny Liston is great. But he'll fall in eight.
— Muhammad Ali
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I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We…
— Brownie McGhee
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My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a lot…
— Ike Turner
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Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.
— Ray Davies
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Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins,…
— Kenny G
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Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh in before Cassius…
— Muhammad Ali
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It's a clear day Sonny, L A N D.
— Tyler Perry
Who Wrote These Sonny Quotes
30 authors contributed a total of 40 Sonny Quotes, led by these top contributors: