Quotes by James Brown

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

“When Im on stage, Im trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People dont go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.”

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

“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.”

“It doesnt matter how you travel it, its the same road. It doesnt get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it.”

“… Im not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they cant play my stuff. Its too complicated.”

“Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things hes got it all.”

“Ive outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.”

“[Life philosophy:] I dont really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know Im there.”

“We need to protect the kids by giving them something to do, ... (Its about) making them interested, making them love mom and dad more, love the family more, love themselves more and love their school. So there wont have to be killing in school.”

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.

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

Thank God for the journey.

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