Isley Quotes & Sayings

Don't believe everything you hear on the street. — Ernie Isley

A young songwriter shouldn't think he or she doesn't stand a chance because someone has big corporate people behind him. Never look at it like that. — Ronald Isley

My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix. — Kendrick Lamar

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14. — Ernie Isley

Good design encourages a viewer to want to learn more. — Alexander Isley

Fuck love, fuck Florida, Fuck Kit Isley and his prettier-than-me girlfriend. — Tarryn Fisher

There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons. — Ernie Isley

If you wrote something, you deserve to get paid and recognized for your work. No one should take a bow with another man's hat. — Ronald Isley

The way something looks is the last thing we figure out — Alexander Isley

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin. — Ernie Isley

I've been to Vulcan where I've been vulcanized, Carbon where you get carbonated and Standard where you get standardized. Ernie Isley's invited me to Castor ... and I'm not looking forward to it. — Ralph Klein

I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it was Cream, Grand Funk Railroad and lots of R&B like the Isley Bros. and Parliament. — Donny Osmond

Stand up for what you know is right. — Ronald Isley

Playing guitar is not a beauty contest. — Ernie Isley

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught. — Ernie Isley

What's important is that people realize that I can't be put into a box musically. I've studied all forms of music; I know probably more Jay-Z songs than the biggest Jay-Z fan. I've studied R. Kelly to the Isley Brothers to Stevie Wonder to Sting and Sade. You don't have one personality every day. You don't have one mood. — Trey Songz

Get in over your head
as often and as joyfully
as possible. — Alexander Isley

Paradise Lost is a poem. The old, blind bastard's trying to sing to you. Listen, as the Isley Brothers say, to the music. You must learn to do that before you can expect to understand. Slowly. Slowly. A few licks at a time. — John Edgar Wideman

Gentlemen do not carry a cane or a hat? No gloves?"
"Gentleman may still wear them, but I'm afraid the problem is that there aren't many left. — Camilla Isley

I would probably keep it old school with The Isley Brothers. Their music relaxes me and I can listen to it all day. — Virgil Green

Ronald Isley is a musical genius. — R. Kelly

I was put here to sing. — Ronald Isley

...your heart spoke for you. You gave up everything for me. — Camilla Isley

I think it's hard for you to fall in love because you like control, and you can't control what another person does or feels, so you keep all your cards. — Tarryn Fisher

I'll sing as long as I can because I enjoy doing that. I enjoy the fans and what I do. I love the traveling and the hotels and just seeing the world over and over again. — Ronald Isley

It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all the time in practice. The surprise is that somebody else likes it. — Ernie Isley

My parents only played Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye. That's when New Kids came out, and we wanted to jam that. My mom was like, "Put that thing off and put my damn record on". So from old school to '90s to recent, it's just always been there. — Solange Knowles

You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight. — Ernie Isley

If you look at any designer you admire, whose work inspires you, and whose approach somehow resonates with you, I promise you'll find a person who does not think of what they do as just their job — Alexander Isley

We spend a lot of effort trying to make things look effortless. — Alexander Isley

A brand is the promise of an experience. — Alexander Isley

You know, I did records by myself and I always will say the Isley Brothers, and featuring Ronald. I won't, you know, just, I won't try to deviate from the Isley Brothers, because that's what the family dream was all about. — Ronald Isley

God has been with me in my whole career. — Ronald Isley

Forthwith I crush this acid lemon
Freeing myself of the malefic venom
Hither I let thee rotten
Let my curse be forgotten. — Camilla Isley