Brown Quote by Curtis Jones

James Brown is the reason I play guitar.

— Kevin Eubanks

I play it Kool, gettin to tour just like a jazz player. Your record player ain't nothin without the funky rhyme sayer.

— Kool G Rap

I think I know what it is but don't ask me to play it

— John Coltrane

Let james be james!… -guitar dude

— Big Time Rush

'Mr. Brownstone' is always a fun song to play because it's got that beat, and you see people bouncing.

— Duff McKagan

Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky.

— David Bowie

It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.

— Keith Richards

Most of the time when we do a tune, Bad Blake, it's a tune no one's heard of to begin with.

— George Thorogood

It's not what you play, it's how you play it.

— Mary Lou Williams

If you're going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly.

— Mark E. Smith

You might not feel like playing pretty all the time. Instead, you might want to play something nasty…you might want to play something out…

— George Benson

I'm somebody who listens to a lot of funk, a lot of James Brown, and I want to be somebody who contributes all that…

— Kat Graham