Sam Cooke Quotes

#1. It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die. 'Cause I don't know what's up there, beyond the sky.

Sam Cooke

#2. If I could just touch the hem of His garment
I know I'll be made whole

Sam Cooke

#3. Don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about a science book, don't know much about the French I took.

Sam Cooke

#4. Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

Sam Cooke

#5. Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat name of Frankenstein.

Sam Cooke

#6. It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!

Sam Cooke

#7. Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.

Sam Cooke

#8. Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody ... ..

Sam Cooke

#9. I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.

Sam Cooke

#10. You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.

Sam Cooke

#11. I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

Sam Cooke

#12. There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

Sam Cooke

#13. Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.

Sam Cooke

#14. It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come

Sam Cooke

#15. Well that's very kind of you, but voices ought not be measured by how pretty they are. Instead they matter only if they convince you that they are telling the truth.

Sam Cooke

#16. I think the secret is really observation. Well, if you observe what's going on and try to figure out how people are thinking, I think you can always write something that people will understand.

Sam Cooke