Top 73 James Brown Quotes (Updated December 2023)

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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. By James Brown Stillborn Back Laid Good Lord

Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all. By James Brown Fat Tall Short Skinny Legs

Our silence is deafening and deadly. By James Brown Deadly Silence Deafening

You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing By James Brown Knife Cuttin Talkin Loud Dull

I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use By James Brown Education Funk Seventhgrade Doctorate Put

We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself. By James Brown Paterno Penn State Joe Anomaly

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names. By James Brown Loud Proud Son Black Called

My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a two and up." We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them. By James Brown Beethoven Mozart Bach Schubert Written

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. By James Brown Feed Nourishment Struggle Hard Family

Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn ... The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power. By James Brown Terrorize Organize Power Burn Black

I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more. By James Brown Dollars Kidding

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. By James Brown Age Miracles Advanced Technological People

Papa didn't cuss, he didn't raise a whole lot of fuss. But when we did wrong, Papa beat the hell out of us. By James Brown Papa Cuss Fuss Raise Lot

I just thank God for all of the blessings. By James Brown God Blessings

I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick. By James Brown Jack Smart Quick Watch Stick

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. By James Brown Moses Job God Prison Knocked

Money won't change you, but time will take you out. By James Brown Money Change Time

I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them. By James Brown Bonds Million Dollars Thing Money

Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there. By James Brown Music Brawn Requires Heart Lot

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. By James Brown Great Level Racism Son Fight

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. By James Brown Michael Indiana Ago Gary Started

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. By James Brown Floor Play Job Shoes Pair

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. By James Brown Christ Love Learned Thee Respect

It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it. By James Brown Road Matter Travel Bigger Harder

Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you. By James Brown Care Business

I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated. By James Brown Top Joining Stuff Complicated Play

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. By James Brown Colonic Ago Expresses Fact Neat

Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup. By James Brown Teach Cup Kids Raise Drink

The white horse of heroin will ride you to hell. By James Brown Hell White Horse Heroin Ride

If you don't get it the first time, back up and try it again. By James Brown Time Back

I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was. By James Brown James Joseph Brown Named Son

I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. By James Brown Mozart Beethoven Bach Strauss Wrote

I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) By James Brown Open Door Give

Everybody over there, get on up. Everybody out there, get into it. Everybody right there, get involved. By James Brown Involved

Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live. By James Brown Hustlers Live Politicians

I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash. By James Brown Things Cash Wife Expensive

For goodness sake, look at those cakes. By James Brown Sake Cakes Goodness

This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs. By James Brown Drugs Mind Revolution

I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too ... I got a song about that ... But I'm never gonna release it. Don't want a war with the rappers. If it wasn't good, they wouldn't steal it. By James Brown Mine Stolen Sampled Rappers Good

I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know. By James Brown Taught

Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance. By James Brown Dance Mama Chance Ants Pants

You're like a dull knife, it just ain't cutting. By James Brown Knife Cutting Dull

I've got soul and I'm super bad. By James Brown Bad Soul Super

Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away. By James Brown Man Woman Fool Walk

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. By James Brown Stage Thing Bring Joy People

Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer. By James Brown God Drummer Ability Understand Beat

Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking! By James Brown Talking Hair

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all. By James Brown Hair Teeth Thing Things Man

Thank God for the journey. By James Brown God Journey

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. By James Brown Jackson Michael Heart Good Award

Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live. By James Brown Music Sweat Breathe Live Play

I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about. By James Brown Held Responsible Taxes

I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else. By James Brown

What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism. By James Brown Today Escapeism

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience. By James Brown Audience Feel Preacher

As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music. By James Brown James Brown Music People Wanted

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. By James Brown James Brown Son Thing People

I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy! By James Brown Karate Karazy

You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else. By James Brown Live

I'm twice as old, but I feel good. By James Brown Good Feel

The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing. By James Brown Dancing Thing Solve Problems

I don't know karate, but I know crazy. By James Brown Karate Crazy

I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God and Jack The Rapper. By James Brown Good Ghetto Man Made God

When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it. That's what's happening with me. By James Brown Accepted God Back Brought Happening

You can't teach others if you are living the same way. By James Brown Teach Living

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. By James Brown Retire Moses Helping Business Made