If you want to give a show, make it real, and people will listen to you more carefully. — Charles Bradley Audience Copy Share Image
Honestly, I've been excited for music ever since I was 16 years old. I'll always love the music. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I always loved James Brown, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
Give your love and never change. Be willing to die for the love you carry inside. — Charles Bradley Change Copy Share Image
Just know that all the pain that I've been through, it made me strong. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
One thing I learned about that I always knew about myself - that I always been afraid of myself. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I think God gave me an inner dictionary. If you play the right music that my heart loves, lyrics just come right… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I'm trying to find a home that I can come home to, and there's no stress or pressure to be scared to… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
James Brown really taught me a lot - his lyrics and his performance and whatever he does when he's onstage. I'll always… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I don't always know what I want to hear, but I'm gonna try and pull it out and sing it to you,… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I always try to get in the back of the audience because people really want to get close to me, and I… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
When I feel it, I got it, 'cause, like, on 'Changes,' I didn't never know what that song was, never knew who… — Charles Bradley Change Copy Share Image
When people are screaming when I'm on stage, I can't even find the words to thank them and tell them how much… — Charles Bradley Faces Copy Share Image
I've fell flat on my face so many times, I'd rather be alone. I learned from the mistake, but I know I'm… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
America has been a very cold place to me, and it was good once in a while. I meet good people. Sometimes… — Charles Bradley America Copy Share Image
With all the hurts they've been through, they find a loving way and a way to put their mind on something greater.… — Charles Bradley Art Copy Share Image
I just have to open up when I'm on stage because that's what I did in my life. I want people to… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
We've got to learn how to not look at creed or color. Look at how beautiful a bouquet of roses looks like… — Charles Bradley Beautiful Copy Share Image
I was determined not to sit around and watch my life deteriorate. I kept reaching out in hope and honesty that someone… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
With James Brown, I just learn the lyrics and then get out there and get funky with it and let my spirit… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I was 14, and I left on my own. Living in a subway train, and police used to come in with a… — Charles Bradley Fitness Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have to run and hide. What I do at home sometimes is, I listen to a CD of the roughness… — Charles Bradley God Copy Share Image
I want to sit in my own sorrow, cry it out, talk to God, and say, 'Give me strength, wisdom.' — Charles Bradley God Copy Share Image
If you're gonna sing, sing from your heart, and the world will hear you. — Charles Bradley Heart Copy Share Image
I'm 63 now, and I need to take care of myself so that I can continue to perform at my best. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I'm so grateful there's people that believe in me and want to hear more about me. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
When I got out of Job Corps, I was an empty shell. I didn't know what to do with myself. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I just love dancing. When the music is really hitting my soul, then I really want to get into it. — Charles Bradley Dance Copy Share Image
My biggest struggle is time and trying to create the quality of music that I want. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
Everybody tell me everywhere I go that I'm the closest thing to James Brown they ever seen. — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
I'm trying to stay focused - trying to open up again - and the music really did a lot of greatness for… — Charles Bradley Compassion Copy Share Image
I lived in the streets for three years when I was a kid, and every day, I didn't know where my next… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
If you're a real person, I don't care if you blue - I'm going to be your friend. Everybody's tired of all… — Charles Bradley Animosity Copy Share Image
All I want to do is get me a piece of land someplace where I can say, 'This is home,' and I… — Charles Bradley Home Copy Share Image
I've always been a person who wanted to withdraw from the world, because the changes I've been through, I just don't want… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
A real good artist learns to be a better person through all the changes they've been through. They keep their loving and… — Charles Bradley Art Copy Share Image
