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
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. – 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
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
Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, ’cause his mind went back over the early days. – James Brown
Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he’s got it all. – James Brown
I’m not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can’t play my stuff. It’s too complicated. – James Brown
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. – James Brown
I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he’s going to be a lot better than I was. – James Brown
I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people. – James Brown
When I’m on stage, I’m trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don’t go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it. – James Brown
I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn’t get none of the money on them. – 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
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