I took a long rest period. I didn't know heads or tails of what anybody wanted; it seemed as if R&B had… — Wilson Pickett Heads or tails Copy Share Image
When I make a record, I want to use some electronics, although I still want to keep things pretty basic. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
I thought wasn't nobody supposed to get gold records except those people on Motown, like Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross. — Wilson Pickett Gold Copy Share Image
Joe Stubbs was very jealous of me, especially after 'I Found a Love.' We'd be on stage and he'd lay traps for… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
The baddest woman in my book... my mother. I get scared of her now. She used to hit me with anything, skillets,… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
When I started buying my mother all these homes, like a second home in Kentucky, where I moved most of my family,… — Wilson Pickett Buying Copy Share Image
We used to have a lot of fun. We got cheated out of a lot of money, but we seemed to enjoy… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
Berry Gordy believed in owning the artist for life and controlling everything: the money, the station wagons, everything. — Wilson Pickett Art Copy Share Image
I'd lived in New Jersey for 30 years. That was long enough. It's too crowded up there, and it's a very dangerous… — Wilson Pickett Crime Copy Share Image
I have boxes of gospel LPs and 78s. The Davis Sisters, the Soul Stirrers, the Pilgrim Travellers. I love all that. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
I used to always have a pretty high, little clear voice, but as I got older, I got a little cornbread in… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
One of the secretaries at Atlantic Records caught me pinching one of the other secretaries on the butt one morning. She said,… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
The older songs were better songs, because they had lyrics with a story to tell. Aretha and Otis told stories. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
