Quotes by Ralph Johnson

“[The adhesive pop quality of their songs - Shining Star, Cant Hide Love, Serpentine Fire, Fantasy and the disco classic Boogie Wonderland - was matched by superslick playing born out of their roots in fusion jazz.] People used to call us a funk band, ... But it was a little more complicated than that. We were a fusion group made commercial. We had a lot of progressive chord changes and bebop horn lines and then hooks that a child could sing.”

“[Verdine White would soar aloft on wires. Johnsons drum kit was welded to a riser which rotated through 360 degrees with him still flailing away- a stunt the band devised after watching Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer spin his piano.] I had a lot of fun doing it, ... Never got sick. And Id do it again.”

“Theyll be doing general law enforcement duties -- patrol functions, answering calls, ... Pretty much most of the fleet of that sheriffs agency down there was wiped out in the hurricane.”

“They had two or three escapes and a couple of riots before our folks got there,”

“I think theres already 50 deputies from various Georgia sheriffs offices already down there, ... Its kind of like in phases -- who needs the help.”

“They want to get back either home, or into a home, so their lives can continue on.”

“About 17 dry stations that we have stopped at, a lot of places wont even let you in the store.”

“Its been rough, people do what they got to do to survive.”

“I accept death, personally I accept death. But the virus, just knowing Im going to die from the virus -- it messes with me.”

“People used to call us a funk band. But it was a little more complicated than that. We were a fusion group made commercial. We had a lot of progressive chord changes and bebop horn lines and then hooks that a child could sing.”