Author: Solomon Burke

Quotes

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

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

- Solomon Burke

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

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

- Solomon Burke

If we could buy these properties and then invest in the Black community, with our own McDonald's, with our own Kentucky Fried Chickens, it was gonna be a great move.

If we could buy these properties and then invest in the Black community, with our own McDonald's, with our own Kentucky Fried Chickens, it was gonna be a great move.

- Solomon Burke

We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in show business and everything else.

We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in show business and everything else.

- Solomon Burke

The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out.

The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out.

- Solomon Burke

We were using the record as a tool to invest money into real estate all through the South, because we were living in an era where the South was changing.

We were using the record as a tool to invest money into real estate all through the South, because we were living in an era where the South was changing.

- Solomon Burke

As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.

As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.

- Solomon Burke

I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers, I'd have enough to get and do whatever I wanted to do.

I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers, I'd have enough to get and do whatever I wanted to do.

- Solomon Burke

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