I walked out of the Chinese restaurant with a fat check, a record deal, and a box of shrimp egg foo yung! — Solomon Burke Copy Share Image
Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time. — Solomon Burke Copy Share
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man. — Solomon Burke Copy Share
We were grooving, at that point, in the same direction, but remember, Roy Hamilton and myself were going into a path and a direction… — Solomon Burke Copy Share
The deals that were made for Black artists at that time were not the deals that were made for white artists. — Solomon Burke Copy Share
I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me. — Solomon Burke Copy Share
We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in… — Solomon Burke Copy Share
I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers,… — Solomon Burke Copy Share
I walked out of the Chinese restaurant with a fat check, a record deal, and a box of shrimp egg foo yung! — Solomon Burke Copy Share
But we didn't have the financial structure, like the right attorneys, the right managers, the right accountants, and we were going against the grain… — Solomon Burke Copy Share
My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label… — Solomon Burke Copy Share
