James Brown quotes
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“The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.”
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“Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.”
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“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.”
-- James BrownSource : James Brown, Bruce Tucker (2014). “James Brown: The Godfather of Soul”, p.63, Head of Zeus
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“Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.”
-- James BrownSource : "James Brown: The Godfather of Soul". Book by James Brown, Bruce Tucker, 1986.
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“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 days.”
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“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 had.”
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“I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.”
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“I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.”
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“I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.”
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“I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.”
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“I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.”
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“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. Job waited and became the wealthiest and richest man ever 'cause he believed in God.”
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“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 did the best he could.”
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