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 of what black entertainers is supposed to do. — 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
