Everly Brothers Quotes

• ... my daughter McKenna thought I sang with the Everly Brothers ... I said, 'no I was one of the Righteous Brothers' and she said 'didn't they invent the airplane?'

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  Bill Medley

  Music   Daughter   Brother  

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• We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs.

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  Edgar Winter

  Song   Brother   Years  

  818

• I always thought I'd be the one to go first. ... The world might be mourning an Everly Brother, but I'm mourning my brother Phil Everly. My wife Adela and I are touched by all the tributes we're seeing for Phil and we thank you for allowing us to grieve in private at this incredibly difficult time.

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  Don Everly

  Brother   Grieving   Wife  

  4844

• I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony.

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  John C. Reilly

  Brother   Growing Up   Together  

  "Life of Reilly" by Jason Solomons, www.theguardian.com. December 04, 2004.

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• I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later.

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  Teddy Thompson

  Country   Brother   Rocks  

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• I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever's going on. If Elvis can do it, I can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with Dylan.

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  John Lennon

  Music   Brother   Dylan  

  John Lennon, Yōko Ono, David Sheff, G. Barry Golson (1981). “The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono”, Putnam Pub Group

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• The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers.

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  John Oates

  Brother   Wake Up   Records  

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• Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.

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  Gordon Waller

  Brother   Redneck   Artist  

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