Johnny Rivers

The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed.

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were.

In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made.

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

I don't like to get in front of people.