Lou Rawls Quotes & Sayings

I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception - all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life. — Lou Rawls

I want to be happy and free, living and loving for me. — Lou Rawls

Lady love, your love is peaceful like the summers breeze. — Lou Rawls

There's no ifs and buts or maybes, you're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my loving. — Lou Rawls

I might have lived long enough to learn all this in the long haul, but I would have been just another soul taking up time and space for a long spell before I learned. — Lou Rawls

A lyric has to mean something to me, something that has happened to me. — Lou Rawls

When love brings so much joy, why must it bring so much pain? — Lou Rawls

I've gone the full spectrum - from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop - and the public has accepted what I've done through it all. I think it means I've been doing something right at the right time. — Lou Rawls

The preacher asked her and she said I do. The preacher asked me, and she said yes he does, too. — Lou Rawls

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it. — Lou Rawls