American - Musician | March 4, 1944 - June 27, 2014
I like to swim, I like to play with my dogs and I love to eat - but I have to start watching that because my suits are getting too small.
Bobby Womack
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People think you have to go through a lot of changes to become a soul singer, You just have to go through life.
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When I want to check out how my life's been, I go through my albums. They steps in my life.
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Once upon a time, I could sing three hours. Now, when you see me say 'I'm done,' I'm done; ain't nothing left till the next night.
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I think people like it when I tell them, 'I'm lucky to be here, because they are, too. Ain't nothing to do with age. There ain't nothing promised to you. Everybody's going to die.
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When I was a kid, during those days, you couldn't use instruments. It was against the pastor's religion, so all the singers would make these instruments with their voices. It was just unbelievable. I couldn't explain it.
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We take things for granted, and because we wake up every day, you start talking about what you're going to do next week. I said, 'Who told you you would be here next week?'
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I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that I don't think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.
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Chicago is old stomping grounds for me.
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I was on stage with Cyndi Lauper, and my trousers split. It seemed like she was going to sing for ever.
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I'm amazed by the ground that I covered. The music's the number-one thing. And if it isn't, you better quit now.
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When I first played New York, it was with James Brown at the Apollo, and I was playing in a band under the name The Valentinos. I remember Sam Cooke saying, 'I want you to go in there with James Brown. I couldn't be as hard on you as James Brown would be.' But we came out marching like soldiers.
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