Solomon Burke

Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.

— Solomon Burke

One of us is chained, none of us is free.

— Solomon Burke

That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.

— Solomon Burke

Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make.

— Solomon Burke

I should have my own publishing companies.

— Solomon Burke

We were grooving, at that point, in the same direction, but remember, Roy Hamilton and myself were going into a path and…

— Solomon Burke

I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel.

— Solomon Burke

The deals that were made for Black artists at that time were not the deals that were made for white artists.

— Solomon Burke

I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me.

— Solomon Burke

We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from…

— Solomon Burke

I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my…

— Solomon Burke

Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability.

— Solomon Burke

I walked out of the Chinese restaurant with a fat check, a record deal, and a box of shrimp egg foo yung!

— Solomon Burke

But we didn't have the financial structure, like the right attorneys, the right managers, the right accountants, and we were going against…

— Solomon Burke

My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to…

— Solomon Burke

I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive.

— Solomon Burke

You gotta do it with class and integrity. If not, you're gonna drag yourself through the mud.

— Solomon Burke

We were using the record as a tool to invest money into real estate all through the South, because we were living…

— Solomon Burke

If one of us is chained, none of us are free...

— Solomon Burke

Girls were coming from every angle. I couldn't love them all. But I tried.

— Solomon Burke

I'm still amazed people remembered and didn't give up on me.

— Solomon Burke

I want to be a soul singer.

— Solomon Burke

As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.

— Solomon Burke

I didn't need to depend on the record company to publish my records.

— Solomon Burke

Im still amazed people remembered and didnt give up on me.

— Solomon Burke