Sam Cooke was a gospel singer like myself, and when he crossed over and started singing rock n' roll, it kind of gave me the green light to go ahead and do it.
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My whole life, I've been a Temptation.
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When you're doing something you love to do, when you have a gift, it's the most rewarding thing.
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I had some good Alabama raising. You might do something wrong, but you wouldn't do it but once.
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I used to tell my mother, 'I'm going to have to get a real job one day.' You keep saying this will end one day, but people still call us up and ask us to sing. It's truly amazing.
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St. Louis is the best thing that ever happened to me. I needed that peace in my life. And I've always been a semi-country boy.
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Singing rock n' roll - they called it singing for the devil. But we all wanted an opportunity to compete in the music industry, and that was the opportunity.
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I'd like to thank God for giving me the opportunity to sing with the greatest group in the world.
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I had a mother who prayed for me, and prayer changes everything.