James Brown Quotes

32 quotes in 419 categories

• I just thank God for all of the blessings.
• The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.
• 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.…
• 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.
• Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.
• 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…
• Thank God for the journey.
• 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…
• I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
• Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.
• I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
• I've been knocked down a lot of times.
• I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.
• I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.
• I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.
• 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…
• I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.
• 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…
• I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else.
• My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

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