Sam Cooke Quotes

• 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

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

  Sam Cooke

  Inspirational, Change, Organization

  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.

  Sam Cooke

  Sky, Causes, Knows

  Song: A Change is Gonna Come, Album: Ain't That Good News

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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

  Sam Cooke

  Acceptance, Thinking, Long

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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 Cooke

  Running, Philosophy, Rivers

  Song: A Change Is Gonna Come

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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 Cooke

  Education, Book, Biology

  Song: What A Wonderful World This Would Be, 1960

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

  Sam Cooke

  Lots Of Money

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• Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody.

  Sam Cooke

  Night, Saturday Night, Saturday

  Song: Another Saturday Night, Album: Ain't That Good News, 2003

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• You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.

  Sam Cooke

  Low Self Esteem, Slave, Graves

  Song: Bring It On Home To Me

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• Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.

  Sam Cooke

  Dancing, Body, Soup

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• I don't know what's up there / Beyond the sky

  Sam Cooke

  Sky, Knows

  Song: A Change Is Gonna Come

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• Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

  Sam Cooke

  Home, Men, Two

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• 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!

  Sam Cooke

  Couple, Years, Giving

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• If I could just touch the hem of His garment
  I know I'll be made whole

  Sam Cooke

  Hem, Garments, Made

  Song: Touch the Hem of His Garment, 2003

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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 Cooke

  Friendship, Cat, Names

  Song: Another Saturday Night, Album: Ain't That Good News, 2003

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• Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.

  Sam Cooke

  Men, Order, Law

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

  Sam Cooke

  Biology, Knows

  "Wonderful World" (song) (1960)

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