Man, LA was crazy. But Rees was a great role model. He didn't smoke, drink or get high. And, at the age of 21 or so, we were very impressionable. So we adopted that lifestyle and work ethic and here we are, still in the game. Ralph Johnson
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Verdine White would soar aloft on wires. Johnson's 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 I'd do it again. - Ralph Johnson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1ZlcmRpbmUgV2hpdGUgd291bGQgc29hciBhbG9mdCBvbiB3aXJlcy4gSm9obnNvbidzIGRydW0ga2l0IHdhcyB3ZWxkZWQgdG8gYSByaXNlciB3aGljaCByb3RhdGVkIHRocm91Z2ggMzYwIGRlZ3JlZXMgd2l0aCBoaW0gc3RpbGwgZmxhaWxpbmcgYXdheS0gYSBzdHVudCB0aGUgYmFuZCBkZXZpc2VkIGFmdGVyIHdhdGNoaW5nIEtlaXRoIEVtZXJzb24gb2YgRW1lcnNvbiwgTGFrZSBhbmQgUGFsbWVyIHNwaW4gaGlzIHBpYW5vLl0gSSBoYWQgYSBsb3Qgb2YgZnVuIGRvaW5nIGl0LCAuLi4gTmV2ZXIgZ290IHNpY2suIEFuZCBJJ2QgZG8gaXQgYWdhaW4uIA==&author=ICBSYWxwaCBKb2huc29uICAgIA==&num=4 "[Verdine White would soar aloft on wires. Johnson's 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 I'd do it again. - Ralph Johnson Quotes")
![[The adhesive pop quality of their songs - Shining Star, Can't 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. - Ralph Johnson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBSYWxwaCBKb2huc29uICAgIA==&num=10 "[The adhesive pop quality of their songs - Shining Star, Can't 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. - Ralph Johnson Quotes")
