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. View quote
Bobby Vinton
I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell. View quote
Sara Bareilles
It's all over," he said to Cooke. "You've got to come clean. The notes show us the story is wrong. We know it. We can show you point by point how you concocted it. View quote
Bob Woodward
I drew a lot of inspiration from the Ginuwines, the Ushers, the Michael Jacksons, the James Browns, Sam Cooke. View quote
Chris Brown
I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old. View quote
Bobby Womack
Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes. View quote
L.A. Reid
My dad sung and played piano. But he was also a man of God. He was a minister. So when Sam Cooke would come in town, you know, with The Soul Stirrers at that time, he was singing gospel, they would end up at my dad's church, and it would always be a guest singer for Sunday morning. View quote
Merry Clayton
I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me. View quote
Rebecca Ferguson
The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Curtis Mayfield, Brian Jones and the rest. View quote
Steven Van Zandt
You can call it a cheap shot, blind shot, a late hit; you can call it what you want and it should've been a suspension as far as I'm concerned! It's unbelievable that it's not a suspension! What it did, it gave meat to everybody that's against the National Hockey League-this'll be the poster boy...[while showing clips of controversial hits by Cooke over the years]!! You think he'd do this stuff against [Wayne] Gretzky, if [Dave] Semenko was there?! Do you think he'd do this against [Steve] Yzerman if [Bob] Probert was there?! NO! That's what I'm trying to tell you, he wouldn't do that stuff! (Don Cherry)