Sam Cooke

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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
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I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
- Sam Cooke
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It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Inspirational
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I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he is trying to say a little more. And I think this gives. If a singer tries to find out what's happening in life, it gives him a better insight on telling the story of the song he is trying to sing.
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Song
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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
Collection: Sky
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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
Collection: Acceptance
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I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Running
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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
Collection: Education
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Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody.
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Night
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You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Low Self Esteem
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Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Dancing
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Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Home
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I don't know what's up there / Beyond the sky
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Sky
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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
Collection: Couple
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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
Collection: Friendship
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Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Men
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Don't know much about history Don't know much biology.
- Sam Cooke
Collection: Biology