Sam cooke Quotes

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music

— Aaron Neville

I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.

— Bobby Vinton

People like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding - I do not put myself in that category.

— Lewis Capaldi

I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did…

— Leon Russell

I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.

— Charley Pride

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

— Bobby Womack

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

— Chris Brown

I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening…

— Rebecca Ferguson

Sam Cooke was a gospel singer like myself, and when he crossed over and started singing rock n' roll, it kind of…

— Dennis Edwards

People like Clyde McPhatter who came out of the black churches - like Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin - were all church…

— Ahmet Ertegun

People like Sam Cooke, maybe you get turned on to first, and then all of a sudden you realize that there are…

— Susan Tedeschi

Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat…

— L.A. Reid

If you took a little of Sam Cooke and a little of Little Richard, and poured it in a jar and shook…

— Steve Cropper

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

— Carrie Mae Weems

I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton…

— Sara Bareilles

Dear Mama, don't cry, your baby boy's doin' good, Tell the homies I'm in heaven, and they ain't got hoods. Seen a…

— Tupac Shakur

I think there are people that still hold on that like Heavy Metal like a bit of what is going on now,…

— Tina Turner

My brothers and I had a gospel quartet, and that was the only music people listened to. But I was already gravitating…

— Al Green

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

— Bobby Womack

I'd been listening to African-American music since the first record I ever bought, which was by Sam Cooke. And it sounds more…

— David Toop

Sam Cooke had a huge influence on me. He left the gospel field at one point and went into the secular, and…

— Aretha Franklin

The only politician anybody ever believed was Kennedy, anyway. Kennedy, Martin Luther King - civil rights always turns out in bloody war.…

— Shane MacGowan

I tried to stay away from the Euro beats, and not go totally pop. Instead, I wanted to take the Quincy Jones…

— Chris Brown

Well the artists that inspire me were, first of all I would say Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Errol…

— Gregory Isaacs

I gave a Christmas party last year - well, two Christmases ago - where I did a Sam Cooke show. I didn't…

— R. Kelly

When I hear Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come', it frustrates me because no matter how hard I try, I can…

— Julian Casablancas

The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis…

— Steven Van Zandt

I think maybe the vehicle for me was 'Sam Cooke's Greatest Hits.' It has a song called, 'Touch the Hem of His…

— Jim James

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

— Merry Clayton