Bobby Womack Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I was on stage with Cyndi Lauper, and my trousers split. It seemed like she was going to sing for ever.”

“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.”

“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.”

“People think you have to go through a lot of changes to become a soul singer, You just have to go through life.”

“When I want to check out how my life's been, I go through my albums. They steps in my life.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've got to be honest: I don't listen to any music now. I don't even listen to mine! I like to walk fresh into the studio and have ideas that come straight out of me.”

“My son's always saying, 'Pop, I ain't being egotistical, but nobody else can do it like you.' And I say it's not that I don't believe that they do it, I'm just caught up in my own little world. Not just the music, my own world of life. I say you can't write if you stop growing. What I'm writing about, maybe this generation don't want to hear it.”