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The late Great James Brown!!
Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he’s got it all.
James Brown
I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn’t get none of the money on them.
James Brown
I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.
James Brown
I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I’m so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference.
James Brown
I just thank God for all of the blessings.
James Brown
I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he’s going to be a lot better than I was.
James Brown
I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we’d have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.
James Brown
I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.
James Brown
I tell my wife, You got plenty of time left. Don’t live so fast. Slow down and live, and don’t try to catch up.
James Brown
I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.
James Brown
I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother’s a Norwegian and I’m mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world.
James Brown
I used to play one job and have 125 pair of shoes on the floor. What was I doing? I couldn’t wear but one pair.
James Brown
I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and put me in prison. Then I start thinking like Job. Job waited and became the wealthiest and richest man ever ’cause he believed in God.
James Brown
I want to say to the young people, Honor thy father and thy mother. Your days will be longer and more fruitful.
James Brown
I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else.
James Brown
I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, ’cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.
James Brown
I’d like to cut down on the work a little bit.
James Brown
I’m kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
James Brown
I’m not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can’t play my stuff. It’s too complicated.
James Brown
I’ve been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.
James Brown
I’ve been knocked down a lot of times.
James Brown
Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.
James Brown
Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, ’cause his mind went back over the early days.
James Brown
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
James Brown
My son don’t have to say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud. He don’t have to be called those crazy names.
James Brown
Sometimes I feel like I’m a preacher as well, ’cause I can really get into an audience.
James Brown
Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.
James Brown
Thank God for the journey.
James Brown
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don’t have no down time.
James Brown
The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.
James Brown
What was on my mind was to try to get $10,000 cash, a home and a car for me and my wife. I never wanted anything else.
James Brown
When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it. That’s what’s happening with me.
James Brown
When I’m on stage, I’m trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don’t go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.
James Brown
You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.
James Brown
You can’t teach others if you are living the same way.
James Brown
You only live once.
James Brown
