Solomon Burke Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make.”

“I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel.”

“I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive.”

“That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.”

“Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability.”

“I didn't need to depend on the record company to publish my records.”

“I'm still amazed people remembered and didn't give up on me.”

“Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.”

“The deals that were made for Black artists at that time were not the deals that were made for white artists.”

“But we didn't have the financial structure, like the right attorneys, the right managers, the right accountants, and we were going against the grain of what black entertainers is supposed to do.”