#ronnie

Smitty gave his best pout. “Why are y’all trying to hurt me?” “Because it’s fun?” “It’s easy.” “I love it when you cry.” Smitty sighed. “Forget I asked. ↗

— Shelly Laurenston

#ronnie-lee #sissy #smitty #love

I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year's Eve and the following spring I booked myself to be his opening act on maybe five shows, and he hired me after the first night. ↗

— Rick Danko

#after #booked #dover #eve #first

Jo left me a few months ago for 10 days. I get this note: I'll come back when the real Ronnie comes back. ↗

— Ron Wood

#back #come #comes #days #few

Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors. ↗

— John Major

#comic #forever #great #remembered #ronnie

Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#been #clubs #come #concert #like

The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts are playing great too. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#around #charlie #crazy #dude #following

I started a business with two guys I played with, Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton: Champion Ventures, it's a fund of funds. We have $400 million or so under management. ↗

— Joe Montana

#champion #fund #funds #guys #harris

The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll. ↗

— Jerry Only

#between #bunch #childhood #childhood dream #come

Metal is made up of many silly cliches, and Dio's songs rarely shied away from a good cheeseball lyric about medieval knights and crystal balls. But the amazing thing is, Dio the man never succumbed to the typical ravages of drugs, booze or hideous all-body tattoos. He never gained 75 pounds later in life or lost most of his voice through merciless shredding and ended it all playing county fairs for 19 drunk dudes in a barn before collapsing in a heap in a motel room in Jersey. There's a lesson in there somewhere. Or everywhere. ↗

— Mark Morford

#ronnie-james-dio #life

Isn't that what most everyone wants? To be loved by someone so fiercely that you hold their world in your hands, that you were the one to keep it safe. ↗

— Kelsie Leverich

#love