Face Quote by Jonathan Miles

...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

— Aretha Franklin

But that kind of falls in line; when you think about it, James Brown was a funk minimalist. All of those parts create a…

— Charlie Hunter

Our immediate influence in b-boying was James Brown, point blank.

— Crazy Legs

“It was then that Brown took his revenge upon the world which, after twenty years of contemptuous and reckless bullying, refused him the tribute…

— Joseph Conrad

I'm old enough to remember seeing James Brown live.

— Christopher Priest

“Standing upright in the solitude of his room, he vowed that he would be the first poet of his race and bring immortal lustre…

— Orlando Virginia Dalloway

“I was nearly done with my easy hair and minimal makeup by the time James emerged from the closet, dressed and looking fabulous, as…

— R.K. Lilley

Many people see my early work simply as portraits of black and brown people. Really, it's an investigation of how we see those people…

— Kehinde Wiley

James Brown is the perfect example of flashy but classy. Classy doesn't have to mean boring. His gear was flamboyant but without being so…

— Mayer Hawthorne

Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate…

— Ronnie Wood

“He was a compact, clearcut man, with precise features, a lot of very soft black hair, and thoughtful dark brown eyes. He had a…

— A.S. Byatt

He[Michael Jackson] had a joy in being alive. There was a joy you felt of him on the stage and making us not just…

— Cornel West