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Johnnie Ray
5 quotes
“I just felt like God picked me up in his arms [and said], 'Johnnie Ray, I love you', and kissed me. I'm very humble and grateful for this elevation to the big time. But we all have to come down, and it won't leave me with a complex if I do. I know this thing might go over like a lead balloon, but I can always go back to that movie extra deal.”
Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his success as a singer, The Chicago Tribune (16 March 1952)
“I was walking down by the river. I lay down under a tree. I was broke. I felt pretty low. Then I looked up at the sky—all blue except for one little, white, fleecy cloud. The words came to me for the song—quicker than it's taking me to tell it to you. I got up—and I had new hope. That was the turning point in my life.”
Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On writing "The Little White Cloud That Cried", The Chicago Tribune (16 March 1952)
“It's not a handicap, because when you go to bed, I take [the hearing aid] off, and the phones ring, the maids vacuum, people knock on doors, and I don't hear any of that.”
Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his partial deafness, interview with Hugh Downs (1977)
“Americans are the most over-entertained people on the face of the earth.”
Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Dennis Hunt in Las Vegas, c. 1982
“I've got no talent. Still sing flat as a table. I'm a sort of human spaniel. People come to see what I'm like. I make them feel, I exhaust them, I destroy them.”
Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source