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

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

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

Thank God for the journey.
James Brown

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

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

When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it. That's what's happening with me.
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

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

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

You only live once.
James Brown