James Brown Quotes - Page 3

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• Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup.

  James Brown

  Peace, Kids, Special

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

  James Brown

  Music, Names, Tunes

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• 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.

  James Brown

  Names, Helping, Moses

  "James Brown Gets Funky in Shanghai", www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2006.

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• 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

  Years, Differences, Weight

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• I'm twice as old, but I feel good.

  James Brown

  Feel Good, I Feel Good, Feels

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• 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.

  James Brown

  Family, Papa, Hell

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• The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.

  James Brown

  Brown, Hardest, Down Time

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• I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.

  James Brown

  Money, Responsible, Taxes

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• I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick.

  James Brown

  Smart, Men, Games

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

  James Brown

  Anomalies, Penn State, States

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• I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.

  James Brown

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• 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

  Son, Thinking, People

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• When you touch me, good God.

  James Brown

  Compliment, Good God, Touch Me

  Song: I Can't Stand Myself

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• For goodness sake, look at those cakes.

  James Brown

  Cake, Looks, Sake

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• 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

  Years, Saws, Indiana

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• 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.

  James Brown

  Crazy, Son, Names

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• 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.

  James Brown

  Jobs, Play, Shoes

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• You're like a dull knife, it just ain't cutting.

  James Brown

  Friendship, Cutting, Knives

  Song: Talking Loud And Saying Nothing, Album: There It Is

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• 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

  Jobs, Couple, Men

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• I've been knocked down a lot of times.

  James Brown

  Knocked Down

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• I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.

  James Brown

  Ties, Dollars, Million Dollars

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

  James Brown

  Son, Thinking, Brown

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• It's a Man's Man's Man's World

  James Brown

  Men, World

  James Brown, Bruce Tucker (2014). “James Brown: The Godfather of Soul”, p.319, Head of Zeus

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