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
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I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself.
Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.
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.
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
I've been knocked down a lot of times.
Thank God for the journey.
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
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.
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.
I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit.