Quotes by Percy Sledge - Page 1

I keep my feet on the ground because of my roots and the way I was raised.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Roots
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When a man loves a woman, he'll spend his very last dime tryin' to hold on to what he needs.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Love
Men
Needs
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When a man loves a woman, can't keep his mind on nothing else. He'd trade the world for the good thing he's found.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Love
Men
Mind
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I'd liked this girl all through high school. After we graduated, we got together for a while, but she left me for another man.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Another Man
Man Together Me
Together Man Me
Graduated
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Guys like me and Ray Charles, when we was coming up through our days, country music and soul music was just a very thin line between the two.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Music Soul Me
Charles
Country Music
Ray
Soul Music
Thin
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Most singers have their idols. I remember Elvis Presley when I was a kid. When I was about sixteen, I always said I wanted to do 'Love Me Tender.'
Percy Sledge / Musician
Idols
Singers
Sixteen
Love Always Me
Love Me Remember
Love Me
Elvis
Tender
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As a kid, on the cotton fields, I had this tune in my head. I hummed it and sang it. It was the same melody as 'When A Man Loves A Woman.' I could never, ever forget it.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Cotton
Cotton Fields
Fields
Melody
Man Woman Never
Loves
Sang
Tune
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Where I came from in the country, there was no place to hear pop music like Little Richard and people like that. Later, I heard James Brown, Otis Redding, The Drifters, The Four Aces, The Ink Spots.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Brown
Ink
Pop Music
Spots
Music Where People
Music Country People
Richard
James
Later
Redding
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I had the great opportunity to work with some of the greatest artists - the Beach Boys, the Temptations, the Four Tops. Otis Redding. Wilson Pickett. Stevie Wonder. So many great singers. And don't forget Clarence Carter!
Percy Sledge / Musician
Opportunity
Work
Great
Beach
Beach Boys
Carter
Forget
Great Opportunity
Singers
Wilson
Wonder
Work Great Opportunity
Had
Greatest
Boy
Artists
Stevie
Pickett
Some
Redding
Stevie Wonder
Temptations
Tops
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Every time I went into the studio, I always sung with my heart. If it came out as strong, as good, as powerful as that to my fans, then I was satisfied. I never slacked. I always did all the songs the same way as the first.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Satisfied
Time Good Heart
Sung
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I am the type of guy that has always been the same all of my life. My classmates at our class reunion always say the same thing. They could not believe that, being a world artist, I still seem like I was when we were at school together.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Artist
Class
Guy
Reunion
Type
Life Always Believe
Life Believe Together
Life Together World
Same Thing
Seem
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I never knew much about business. But I've been made happy. The TV and commercials have been very fortunate for me and my career. And Atlantic Records has always been wonderful to me. I don't think I could have chosen a better record company.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Chosen
Fortunate
Business Always Me
Atlantic
Business Better Me
Commercials
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I was a little boy singing sad songs, about 9 or 10 years old in the woods. I listened to my voice coming back to me. It was as high as you could go. I dreamed of being famous as a singer when I was on those cotton fields. I wanted to see the world and meet people.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Sad
Famous
Being Famous
Cotton
Cotton Fields
Fields
Singing
Woods
Dreamed
Singer
Listened
Meet
Sad Songs
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'Cover Me.' 'Take Time To Know Her.' 'Warm and Tender Love.' 'Out Of Left Field.' 'Dark End Of The Street.' 'Tears Me Up.' 'My Special Prayer.' All points back to one song. 'When A Man Loves A Woman.' The Grand-daddy to all of my songs. The boss of all of my songs. I have great respect for that song. Always will.
Percy Sledge / Musician
Great Respect
Left Field
Prayer
Tears
Warm
Love Time Respect
Cover
Tender
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