The Righteous Brothers Quotes

United States,
1962

The Righteous Brothers were originally an American musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They began performing together in 1962 in the Los Angeles area as part of a five-member group called the Paramours, but adopted the name "The Righteous Brothers" when they embarked on their recording career as a duo. Their most active recording period was in the 1960s and 70s, and although the duo was inactive for some years, Hatfield and Medley reunited in 1981 and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003.

Man, we were so opposite. One guy sang high, the other low. One guy tall, one short. We were like a quartet without the two guys in the middle. If you were putting two guys together to make hit records, you wouldn't have picked Bobby and me.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Together
- High
- Guy
Every so often, if I'm in a melancholy mood, I'll sing 'Desperado' in my shows. I'll sit alone at the piano and play it as a solo. The song feels like an old friend - except now it's saying, 'You were a desperado once, but you worked your way out of it.'

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Song
- Alone
- Friend

For Bobby and I to sing R&B and sound black was probably the stupidest thing we could do. White radio stations wouldn't play us because they thought we were black. Black stations wouldn't play us because they thought we were white. Any time you break ground, you go against the grain.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Time
- Black
I don't know what I would do if it wasn't music, 'cause I'm really a one trick pony.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Music
There was nothing about Bobby I didn't like... I guess I never understood why he took a left-hand turn when real success came. We got along better from 1990 until his death in 2003. I had accepted him for who he was.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Real
- Why
- Death
I'm a Santa Ana boy from 1940 to all my life. And Santa Ana was different only in the fact that Orange County was just small. Hell, I used to ride my motorcycle through the orange groves, and now it's tracts of homes.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Life
- Different
- Small
First off, you can't replace Bobby Hatfield. I was just blessed to be able to sing with maybe the greatest singer in the world as a first tenor.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- World
- Blessed
It's the audiences that inspire me to keep going. I feel that we all grew up together. The majority now are the people who were raised on the music in the Sixties.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- People
- Up
- Music

I'm kind of a nervous guy. I know on television I look like I'm half asleep, but inside I'm going about 100 miles an hour.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Guy
The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Music
- Black
Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
- Music
- Family
- Friends
I just can't stand being in airports anymore. I just can't stand it.

Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers