Sam Cooke Quotes

Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

I don't know what's up there / Beyond the sky

Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.

It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!

I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.

You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.

Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat name of Frankenstein.

Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody.

Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.

There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

Don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about a science book, don't know much about the French I took.

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die. ‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there, beyond the sky.

Don't know much about history Don't know much biology.

I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he is trying to say a little more. And I think this gives. If a singer tries to find out what's happening in life, it gives him a better insight on telling the story of the song he is trying to sing.

It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come