Anytime you've got artists singing songs, doing grooves that they don't want to do, it's terrible. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
I made two or three albums with money from my own pocket, but I couldn't get them released or played on the radio. I… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
If I'm not getting played on the radio and I'm not making any money, I have nothing to lose by telling the truth. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
We used to have a lot of fun. We got cheated out of a lot of money, but we seemed to enjoy ourselves anyway. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
One of the secretaries at Atlantic Records caught me pinching one of the other secretaries on the butt one morning. She said, 'My, you… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
Berry Gordy believed in owning the artist for life and controlling everything: the money, the station wagons, everything. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
I took five hit records to Memphis, and '634-5789' was stolen from me totally. Those songs are worth millions. I've never understood how someone… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
Put your hands on your hip, let your back bone slip. Do the Watusi, like my little Lucy. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
Anytime you've got artists singing songs, doing grooves that they don't want to do, it's terrible. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
The baddest woman in my book... my mother. I get scared of her now. She used to hit me with anything, skillets, stove wood. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
I'd start to sing, and the record would start skipping. You'd be skipping along with it. Those were the days, my friend. We'd look… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
Singing like I do is very hard, and as you get older, it's getting harder and harder all the time. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
You can talk about all the great guitarists you want Jimi Hendrix or whoever but as far as I'm concerned, Duane Allman is the… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share
