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• 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

  Men, Two, Hair

  "James Brown: The Godfather of Soul". Book by James Brown, Bruce Tucker, 1986.

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• This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.

  James Brown

  Peace, Drug, Mind

  Song: King Heroin

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• 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.

  James Brown

  Song, War, Rapper

  "Being James Brown," Rolling Stone Magazine, June 12, 2006.

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• I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!

  James Brown

  Karate, Knows

  Song: The Payback Part 1

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• My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

  James Brown

  People, Expectations, Expectations Of Yourself

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• Money won't change you, but time will take you out.

  James Brown

  Future, Premonition

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• 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

  People, Joy, African American

  "James Brown: The Godfather of Soul". Book by James Brown, Bruce Tucker, 1986.

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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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• Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.

  James Brown

  Politician, Live And Let Live

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• 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.

  James Brown

  African American, Matter, Easier

  James Brown, Bruce Tucker (2014). “James Brown: The Godfather of Soul”, p.104, Head of Zeus

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• 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.

  James Brown

  Ghetto, Men, Rapper

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• Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine.

  James Brown

  Sex, Expression, Machines

  Song: Get up

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• Thank God for the journey.

  James Brown

  Journey, Thank God

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• Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer.

  James Brown

  God, Different, Drummer

  "James Brown: Still funky after all these years" by Serena Yang, www.cnn.com. October 13, 2000.

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• Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all.

  James Brown

  Quality, Skinny, Legs

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• I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.

  James Brown

  Play, African American, Joining

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

  James Brown

  People, Brown, Said

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• What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism.

  James Brown

  Reality, Isms, Today

  Song: Escape-Ism, Pt. 1

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• The white horse of heroin will ride you to hell.

  James Brown

  Horse, White, Alcohol

  Song: King Heroin

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• I just thank God for all of the blessings.

  James Brown

  Blessing, Thank God

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• Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

  James Brown

  Causes, Sometimes, Preacher

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• You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.

  James Brown

  Care, Helping, God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

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• Everybody over there, get on up. Everybody out there, get into it. Everybody right there, get involved.

  James Brown

  Politics, Get Involved, Involved

  Song: Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved

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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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• 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

  Heart, Awards, Giving

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