My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a two and up." We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them. — James Brown Copy Share Image
I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. — James Brown Copy Share Image
I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and put me in prison. Then I start thinking like… — James Brown Copy Share Image
Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance. — James Brown Copy Share Image
Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business. — James Brown Copy Share Image
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… — James Brown Copy Share Image
I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more. — James Brown Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience. — James Brown Copy Share Image
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) — James Brown Copy Share Image
I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too... I got a song about that... But I'm… — James Brown Copy Share Image
