Johnny Mercer > Quotes

“When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.”
― Johnny Mercer, The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

“I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine.”
― Johnny Mercer

“That old black magic has me in its spell.”
― Johnny Mercer, The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

“... could tell you a lot, but you've gotta be true to the code. Make it one for my baby and one more for the road.”
― Johnny Mercer, The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

“It wasn't that I was lazy- I was a bloody hard worker- I just found concentrating on one thing particularly difficult when I had such mammoth internal battles going on. I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. Only when I was physically exhausted did I seem to manage a modicum of internal peace, when my mind would stop ticking over. I needed to try and get to grips with it all. There was a very little awareness about 'mental health' in those days. I just felt like I was mad,”
― Johnny Mercer, We Were Warriors

“It wasn't that I was lazy- I was a bloody hard worker- I just found concentrating on one thing particularly difficult when I had such mammoth internal battles going on. Only when I was physically exhausted did I seem to manage a modicum of internal peace, when my mind would stop ticking over. I needed to try and get to grips with it all. There was a very little awareness about 'mental health' in those days. I just felt like I was mad”
― Johnny Mercer, We Were Warriors