Quotes from Sam Cooke

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

I was born by the riverIn a little tentAnd just like the riverI've been running ever sinceIt's been a long, a long time comingBut I know a change gonna come.

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

Well that's very kind of you, but voices ought not be measured by how pretty they are. Instead they matter only if they convince you that they are telling the truth.

It's been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come

A change is gonna come.

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.

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.

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.