29 Quotes by Sam Cooke

It’s been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come.

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.

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

Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that’s the sound of the men working on the chain gang.

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.

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

Don’t know much about history Don’t know much biology.

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

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.