Quotes from Otis Redding

Sitting in the morning sun, I'll be sitting when the evening comes

As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of the good Lord.

If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well driller, too. You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it.

You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it.

When I go into the studio, I'm strictly for business... I don't like any fooling around in the studio.

All I'm asking forIs a little respect when I come home.

Take my hand, don't be afraid. I'm wanna prove every word I say.