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I think my favorite album was probably Realization. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

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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. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

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Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

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I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

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I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

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I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

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Jack and I usually get together and sit around in the afternoons and start throwing ideas around. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

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

— Johnny Rivers

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When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

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It's the most prestigious dog show in the country. We love dogs, and we're having a blast out here. ↗

— Melissa Rivers

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