I'm so grateful there's people that believe in me and want to hear more about me. — Charles Bradley About Copy Share Image
My biggest struggle is time and trying to create the quality of music that I want. — Charles Bradley Create 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 Best Copy Share Image
Just know that all the pain that I've been through, it made me strong. — Charles Bradley Know Copy Share Image
I never knew about racial segregation until Martin Luther King. — Charles Bradley About Copy Share Image
I did a CD way back in 1989, but I never got it off the ground. — Charles Bradley Back Copy Share Image
I always loved James Brown, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke. — Charles Bradley Always Copy Share Image
I was learning 'Changes' at the time that my mom was sick and she was leaving me. And those last verses in… — Charles Bradley Change Copy Share Image
I can't be angry at God. Look at all the love that he gave us. Look at the beautiful planet that he… — Charles Bradley Angry Copy Share Image
Peforming as James Brown, I didn't really have to go deep in my soul the way I do as Charles Bradley. — Charles Bradley Deep Copy Share Image
I like to see the joy in people's' faces. I like to see when they actually question that I'm not afraid to… — Charles Bradley Honesty Copy Share Image
If we don't change this world and look inside our differences inside of us, we gonna bring this world back to a… — Charles Bradley Change 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 Always 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
If we start putting music out constantly where people don't think no more, people go crazy. We're gonna lose the love of… — Charles Bradley Crazy Copy Share Image
I can't make nobody believe in God. I can't tell you. But you got to experience it for yourself. When you find… — Charles Bradley Believe Copy Share Image
My faith in God is totally... there's nothing on this planet that can change my faith and love for God. Because I… — Charles Bradley Change Copy Share Image
My grandmother always told me that regardless of what the world gives you, stay humble. Stay strong in your beliefs, and be… — Charles Bradley Be a man 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 Free 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
If you want to give a show, make it real, and people will listen to you more carefully. — Charles Bradley Audience 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 Come 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 Always 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 Find 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
When I got out of Job Corps, I was an empty shell. I didn't know what to do with myself. — Charles Bradley Corps Copy Share Image
Everybody tell me everywhere I go that I'm the closest thing to James Brown they ever seen. — Charles Bradley Closest 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 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
When I was a child, it was segregated, and I couldn't go across a fence to certain parts of Gainesville. — Charles Bradley Child Copy Share Image
One thing I learned about that I always knew about myself - that I always been afraid of myself. — Charles Bradley About Copy Share Image
When I went to Gabriel Roth's studio, I showed him I was good with my hands and started working as a handyman… — Charles Bradley Chance Copy Share Image
I was born in America. I was raised in America. And America truly has done me a lot of dirt, a lot… — Charles Bradley America Copy Share Image
I have a routine to work on my vocals. I always get some honey and some extra virgin olive oil to coat… — Charles Bradley Always Copy Share Image
James Brown came from that hard, rough life that I came from. He took the blues and added rhythm to it. And… — Charles Bradley Band Copy Share Image
Back in the day, I was afraid to speak out. When I get music behind me, it feels like I can soothe… — Charles Bradley Day Copy Share Image
It's not that I imitate him. I use a lot of what I feel. Even now, they refuse for me to stop… — Charles Bradley Heart Copy Share Image
I did a tour down South someplace, and it was an all-day festival, and there were about 2,000 people. It was pouring… — Charles Bradley Body Copy Share Image
