Sam Cooke Quotes
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Sam Cooke Quotes & Sayings
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I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.
— Bobby Womack
I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.
— Sam Cooke
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die. 'Cause I don't know what's up there, beyond the sky.
— Sam Cooke
Benjamin Franklin had a thirteen-week plan for moral perfection in which he practiced one virtue every week so as to turn it into a habit.
— 4 Hour Must Reads
I have a couple of girlfriends who are like, healing. We take care of each other. They know when I need to be taken care of.
— Maggie Gyllenhaal
I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.
— Charley Pride
I would rather have ten books I'd read again and again than a hundred books I'll never read.
— Jo Grix
I drew a lot of inspiration from the Ginuwines, the Ushers, the Michael Jacksons, the James Browns, Sam Cooke.
— Chris Brown
When I hear Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come', it frustrates me because no matter how hard I try, I can never be that good.
— Julian Casablancas
Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me.
— Anton Chekhov
Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.
— L.A. Reid
Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.
— Merry Clayton
Estee Lauder cologne. Sam Cooke always wore it, and I started wearing it because he wore it.
— Bobby Womack
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!
— Sam Cooke
I love the pioneers like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, but when I write music, it comes out in my own way.
— Leon Bridges
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.
— Sam Cooke
STOP looking back!!!! When your past calls do NOT pick up!! it has nothing new to say.
— Joseph Simmons
Do ghosts drink tea?
They don't, said Tansey. But this ghost would love to see a cup of tea in front of her. It'd be lovely. — Roddy Doyle
They don't, said Tansey. But this ghost would love to see a cup of tea in front of her. It'd be lovely. — Roddy Doyle
I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
— Aaron Neville
Your face is engraved in my mind. I can't erase it. I don't want to. Because as much as I hate you, I love you. And I love you unforgettably.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
If you took a little of Sam Cooke and a little of Little Richard, and poured it in a jar and shook it up and poured it out you would get Otis Redding.
— Steve Cropper
I'm a chai tea latte monster. Anything syrupy!
— Suki Waterhouse