Sam Cooke quotes
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“It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come”
-- Sam CookeSource : Song: A Change is Gonna Come
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“It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die. ‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there, beyond the sky.”
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“If I could just touch the hem of His garment I know I'll be made whole”
-- Sam CookeSource : Song: Touch the Hem of His Garment, 2003
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“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 CookeSource : Song: What A Wonderful World This Would Be, 1960
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“Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.”
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“I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.”
-- Sam CookeSource : Song: A Change Is Gonna Come
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“Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.”
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“You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.”
-- Sam CookeSource : Song: Bring It On Home To Me
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“Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.”
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“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 CookeSource : Song: Another Saturday Night, Album: Ain't That Good News, 2003
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“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.”
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“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”
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“I don't know what's up there / Beyond the sky”
-- Sam CookeSource : Song: A Change Is Gonna Come
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“Don't know much about history Don't know much biology.”
-- Sam CookeSource : "Wonderful World" (song) (1960)
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“I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money,”
-- Sam Cooke
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