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
The financial sector is recovering nicely. Wall Street has been reporting record profits and doing lots of mergers and acquisitions, so they're certainly adding to the local economy.
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.
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
You got to use what you got to get just what you want.
We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself.
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.
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.
Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live.
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
I've been knocked down a lot of times.
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.
I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.
Thank God for the journey.