Sam Cooke famous quotes

07-19-2025

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

#Inspirational #Change #Long
Itâ€™s been too hard living, but Iâ€™m afraid to die. â€˜Cause I donâ€™t know whatâ€™s up there, beyond the sky.
-- Sam Cooke

#Sky #Causes
If I could just touch the hem of His garment I know I'll be made whole
-- Sam Cooke

#Hem #Garments #Made
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

#Education #Book #Biology
Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.
-- Sam Cooke

#Dancing #Soup #Body
I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.
-- Sam Cooke

#Running #Philosophy #Rivers
Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.
-- Sam Cooke

#Men #Order #Law
You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.
-- Sam Cooke

#Low Self Esteem #Slave #Buried
Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.
-- Sam Cooke

#Home #Men #Two
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.
-- Sam Cooke

#Friendship #Cat #Names
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.
-- Sam Cooke

#Song #Thinking #Giving
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
-- Sam Cooke

#Acceptance #Thinking #Long
I don't know what's up there / Beyond the sky
-- Sam Cooke

#Sky
Don't know much about history Don't know much biology.
-- Sam Cooke

#Biology
I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money,
-- Sam Cooke

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