Sam Cooke Quotations

I think the secret is really observation. Well, if you observe what's going on and try to figure out how people are thinking, I think you can always write something that people will understand.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

If I could just touch the hem of His garment I know I'll be made whole

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.

Another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody…..

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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