James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brownwas an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and bandleader. The founding father of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul". In a career that spanned six decades, he influenced the development of several music genres...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth3 May 1933
CityBarnwell, SC
CountryUnited States of America
I used to play one job and have 125 pair of shoes on the floor. What was I doing? I couldn't wear but one pair.
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.
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
If you don't get it the first time, back up and try it again.
I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.
In our advanced technological age, most people deny the possibility of miracles.... Miracles don't happen, we are told, because they contravene the laws of nature and worse, they sound religious! Yet we live and move in a sea of miracle.
This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.
Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup.
I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.
Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.
I want to say to you: Help yourself, so you can help someone else.
You're like a dull knife, it just ain't cutting.
When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it. That's what's happening with me.
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.