James Brown
James Brown

Thank God for the journey.

James Brown
James Brown

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

James Brown
James Brown

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

James Brown
James Brown

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

James Brown
James Brown

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.

James Brown
James Brown

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.

James Brown
James Brown

I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else.

James Brown
James Brown

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

James Brown
James Brown

I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world.

James Brown
James Brown

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

James Brown
James Brown

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.

James Brown
James Brown

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

James Brown
James Brown

I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.

James Brown
James Brown

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

James Brown
James Brown

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.

James Brown
James Brown

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

James Brown
James Brown

You only live once.

James Brown
James Brown

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.

James Brown
James Brown

You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.

James Brown
James Brown

I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.