James Brown

Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live.

James Brown

Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.

James Brown

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

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

James Brown

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

James Brown

Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking!

James Brown

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

James Brown

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

James Brown

The white horse of heroin will ride you to hell.

James Brown

You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.

James Brown