Ohio Players Quotes

When it (the group was called) the Ohio Untouchables. I was just a young boy, trying to get into the group at the time. Back then the band was called Robert Ward and the Untouchables and they were the ones that recorded with Wilson Pickett and "I Found A Love". But then Robert didn't stay with the group and I took over group and we sort of became the Ohio Players after that. It was back in the 60's.
Leroy "Summerfoot" Bonner

Well, in Ohio they sort of got a thing about you know, players, sort of like playboy and I guess the name stuck with us cause we were always considered to be the playboys around the area. And we were some of the best musicians that there were in the area, we were the best players..
Leroy "Summerfoot" Bonner

The funk was born the next day after the blues. The blues was slow and without rhythm and soon as the blues was over that's when the funk was created. To take away some of the sadness of the blues. And that's basicly true about the music. Funk is a sort of happy blues to me.
Leroy "Summerfoot" Bonner