I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When…

My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used to open…

— Carrie Mae Weems

I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that…

— Bobby Womack

I drew a lot of inspiration from the Ginuwines, the Ushers, the Michael Jacksons, the James Browns, Sam Cooke.

— Chris Brown

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

— Bobby Womack

My dad sung and played piano. But he was also a man of God. He was a minister. So when Sam Cooke would come…

— Merry Clayton

I could go old-school; I listen to a lot of old-school music, like Teddy Pendergrass, the Temptations, people like that. I'm an old-school dude,…

— Ace Hood

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.

— Robert Smith

When I first played New York, it was with James Brown at the Apollo, and I was playing in a band under the name…

— Bobby Womack

Matt Cooke may be the worst fighter in the history of the National Hockey League.

— Dave Nonis

Estee Lauder cologne. Sam Cooke always wore it, and I started wearing it because he wore it.

— Bobby Womack

Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.

— Merry Clayton

There are countless books written on self-defense. Not all are non- sensical, but many are. Nathaniel Cooke has clearly thought a great deal about…

— Robert Twigger

When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the beginning of…

— Chris Cornell

I still love listening to the old stuff - Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, you know. I stick to the old school stuff, but I…

— Evan Ross

I started listening to old music that represented Mum and us living in west London when I was younger, and delved deep: SWV, Soul…

— Miquita Oliver