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- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been knocked down a lot of times.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thank God for the journey.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it. That's what's happening with me.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't teach others if you are living the same way.
- Once
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- Nov 07, 2020