L.C. Cooke quotes

“I know whites buy more records than blacks. So, I wanted to be able to make the most money that I could. Pop is for both whites and blacks, but if I just stuck to rhythm and blues, it's mostly for blacks. I didn't want to do that. So like I said, I wanted to get the most out of it that I could, so I thought that pop was the way to go.”
-- L.C. Cooke

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“Every person at a record company didn't want to be bothered with me because I was too smart. They knew if I recorded, they were going to have to pay me. They knew I wasn't going to be the artist that would just go in and record. I wanted to know about my royalties.”
-- L.C. Cooke

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“I just want to be remembered for treating everybody right. Just remember me like that. I treated everybody right, I don't care if they were rich or poor, I treated them the same. As long as people remember that, I'm happy.”
-- L.C. Cooke

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“It's a thanksgiving to God. It's something I have wanted to do for a long time, but the record company wasn't ready for it. So I did it myself.”

“Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance.”

“I don't rely on my figure to sell records.”

“When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.”

Source : "A Dancing Queen Extends Her Reign" by Dave Itzkoff, www.nytimes.com. May 5, 2013.

“I want the love that cannot help but love; Loving, like God, for very sake of love.”

“OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.”

“The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.”

“One can't have it both ways and both ways is the only way I want it.”

Source : "The Really Short Poems of A. R. Ammons". Book by A. R. Ammons, 1990.

“You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.”

“My parents just tell me, ‘If you know what you want, you should stay determined and go for it. You can do anything.’”