James Brown Quotes

• I just thank God for all of the blessings.

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• 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 trouble, they go there to lose it

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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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  Tags in Dollars, Matrimony, Bond

• The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

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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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• I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I’m so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference.

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• My son don’t have to say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud. He don’t have to be called those crazy names.

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• I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, ’cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.

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• You only live once.

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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.

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  Tags in Nourishment, Feed, Needs, Forget, Sometimes, Struggle

• 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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• Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he’s got it all.

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• You can’t teach others if you are living the same way.

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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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  Tags in Bloomington, Indiana, Talent

• I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.

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• I’d like to cut down on the work a little bit.

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• I’m kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.

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  Tags in Dollars, Having, Few

• Sometimes I feel like I’m a preacher as well, ’cause I can really get into an audienc.

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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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  Tags in Appreciative, Thankful

• I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.

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James Brown (32)

Birth:	3rd May, 1933
Death:	25th December, 2006
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lyricist, Singer

About

James Joseph Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, USA. He was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and bandleader. He began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He joined an R&B vocal group, the Gospel Starlighters, in which he was the lead singer. His albums list shown below: Please Please Please, Try Me!, Prisoner of Love, Out of Sight, Handful of Soul, Cold Sweat, I Got the Feelin', A Soulful Christmas, The Popcorn, Soul on Top, Super Bad, The Payback, Reality, Hot, The Original Disco Man, People, Gravity, Love Over-Due, I'm Back, and The Next Step. His singles list shown below: "Please, Please, Please", "Try Me", "I Want You So Bad", "I'll Go Crazy", "I Don't Mind, "Lost Someone", "Out of Sight", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", and "Lowdown Popcorn".

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