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“Miles [Davis] was a soul man, a sound, a black Bogey. He was also an insufferable prick.” – Albert Goldman

“Miles was a soul man, a sound, a black Bogey.” – Albert Goldman

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso

“If you can’t feel the blues, you got a hole in your soul.” – Howlin’ Wolf

“Won’t somebody to tell me, just what is The Soul Of A Man.” – Blind Willie Johnson

“Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll.” – Robbie Robertson, “American Roulette”, 1987

“They said it was the beginning of funk… I thought it was where my music was going. The title told it all, I have a new bag.” – James Brown, the Godfather of Soul

“You know the Blues got Soul” – Muddy Waters, The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock n’ Roll, 1976

“The main guy was Louis Jordan. I wanted to sing like Nat Cole, with lyrics like Louis Jordan, with the swing of Bennie Goodman with Charlie Christian on guitar, playing Carl Hogan’s riffs, with the soul of Muddy Waters.” – Chuck Berry

“I don’t want a soul hangin’ around my house when I’m not at home” – B.B. King, Don’t Answer The Door

“See my skin is white, but my soul is black” – Steve Marriott, Humble Pie, “Black Coffee”

“A little past noontime, a ‘jake-leg’ preacher said some words over his body and we committed his soul to the earth.” – Rose Eskridge, grave digger’s wife, on the burial of Robert Johnson

“I have never found anything more deeply soulful than Robert Johnson.” – Eric Clapton

“Henry ‘Gip’ Gipson was the embodiment of blues – cool, smooth, passionate and dripping with soul” – Randall Woodfin, Birmingham mayor

“The Blues Brothers is a testament to John and Dan’s passion for the blues. They took advantage of their celebrity to focus attention on soul music.” – John Landis, Director, The Blues Brothers

“…the fervour in that man’s face when he sang. His eyes would light up, you’d see the veins come out on his neck and buddy, there was nothing on his mind but that song. He sang with his damn soul.” – Sam Phillips on Howlin’ Wolf

“With the power of soul, anything is possible” – Jimi Hendrix

“They ain’t got enough soul, man. They ain’t had enough hard times.” – Muddy Waters

“I’d rather hear some blues or funky old soul” – Bob Seger

“When I was a kid, I was following black soul music.” – Robert Plant

“You are raw soul.” – Jim Stewart, founder, Stax Records

“When I heard Howlin’ Wolf, I knew this is where the soul of man never dies.” – Sam Phillips, Owner, Sun Records

Storied Memphis soul label STAX RECORDS was founded by a white country fiddler.

Memphis soul master Rufus Thomas coined a gritty dance craze called “The Dog” with is 1963 song “Walking the Dog”

On their hit song “Me Myself and I”, De La Soul sampled George Clinton & Funkadelic’s 1979 song “(Not Just) Knee Deep”

B.B. King, James Brown, and Bobby “Blue” Bland performed together on Soul Train March 15, 1975.

Sly Stone was a successful DJ before founding Sly & the Family Stone, spinning under the name “Sly the King of Soul,” at KSOL in San Francisco.

Soul legend Donny Hathaway studied classical music at Howard University.

While recording at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, soul shouter Wilson Pickett allegedly pulled a gun on the Isley Brothers.

New Orleans soul/blues legend Fats Domino was trapped in his attic during Hurricane Katrina, and feared dead for several days.

After discovering someone had used his private bathroom, soul singer James Brown menacingly fired a shotgun into the ceiling of an (occupied) office in a building he owned, leading to an infamous car chase.

After a girlfriend poured boiling grits on Al Green & committed suicide, the soul singer interpreted the event as a spiritual warning and became a preacher. Green’s church is located close to Graceland in Memphis.

Sam Cooke got his start as a gospel singer with The Soul Stirrers.

Soul blues icon Sister Rosetta Tharpe played electric guitar (to great effect) before most men in rock & roll did.

Steve Cropper was only 20 when he laid down the iconic riff on Booker T. & the MGs’ massive hit song “Green Onions” — becoming one of soul’s most influential guitarists as a member of the Stax Records house band.

David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels created the soundtrack for a 1999 computer game called “Omikron: The Nomad Soul”. Bowie and his wife Iman voiced characters in the game.

Natalie Cole famously recorded a duet with her dead father Nat King Cole, of the song ‘Unforgettable’ that won three Grammys, a Soul Train Award, and went 7x platinum.

When soulful crooner Bill Withers had a massive hit with his now-classic song “Ain’t No Sunshine” in 1971, he kept his mechanic assembly job, believing the fame to be short-lived.

Soul singer Marvin Gaye gifted his father the .38 special that the senior Gaye used to murder him.

Soul singer Otis Redding covered The Beatles’ song “Hard Day’s Night” live at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California, in 1966. The entire electric live performance was released 50 years later in 2016.

Soul singer Otis Redding made a Stax-drenched Memphis style cover of James Brown’s “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” at his iconic performance at the Whisky in Los Angeles in 1966.

Soulful singer Tina Turner had a cameo as Aunty Entity in the 1985 film “Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome”.

The last live show The Beatles ever performed was in 1969 on the rooftop of their business Apple Corps., with soul pianist extraordinaire Billy Preston.

For sampling his iconic whistle on “Dock of the Bay”, De La Soul credited Otis Redding with a performer credit in the song “Eye Know” from their 1989 masterpiece album “Three Feet High & Rising”.