Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Leroy Johnsonwas an American blues singer-songwriter and musician. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy and poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend, including the Faustian myth that he sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads to achieve success. As an itinerant performer who played mostly on street corners, in juke...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth8 May 1911
CityHazlehurst, GA
CountryUnited States of America
We ran the ball well, and really tried to use all our weapons.
I think anybody who comes in here and wants to work with us with an open mind will do fine. Personally, I never had any problems with Brian. But I don't think it'll hurt anything to have a change.
I watched movies. It was boring. I thought it was way too long. I like the atmosphere at Western and I missed it at home.
I saw the other night. He had the one-handed catch.
I saw a scene in a bus station once. It was a little family knot; Grandmother was going home. The youngster burst into tears at losing Grandmother and went to her mother, who gave her a cuff on the cheek and said ""Now brace up."" She went to her father, and he comforted her.
I think the patriarchal world has reigned supreme for so long that the pendulum's swinging too far the other way. It needed to be rectified, but to swing the pendulum too far the other way is almost as bad.
If I'm gonna be miserable, I'd better be miserable right here. They should have been ready for this. You know why they evacuating everybody? Because they don't want to be responsible for anybody.
If I'm gonna be miserable, I'd better be miserable right here.
Guys around here grow up dreaming of playing in the SEC. But that is not a realistic option for everybody. Huntingdon is giving these guys a chance to continue playing and get a good education.
He's always in a positive mood. Telling us to keep our heads up. ... You believe in him.
He was very down-to-earth and had a wonderful kind of comfortably cynical sensibility. The way to get his back up was to say, 'I'm not sure about these two prints. Which is the best investment?' He would just say, 'You're in the wrong place.' He hated that people would buy art as an investment. He thought you should buy it out of love. He made a living, but he was not a highly commercial dealer. He wanted to do it his way.
He finally got his chance. I was surprised he was moved up on the depth chart. I'm proud of him and he's happy right now, and that's all he talks about when he goes home.
We found generators for the pumping stations in Collins after Katrina, ... If there is a similar need in Houston we will be there.
Whether you run a Family Dollar store, whether you're a bank loaning out money at certain interest rates, you get a gut-check from the marketplace.