James Brown famous quotes

03-24-2025

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

#Happiness #Dance #Dancing
Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.
-- James Brown

#Causes #Sometimes #Preacher
I just thank God for all of the blessings.
-- James Brown

#Blessing #Thank God
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

#Spiritual #Father #Struggle
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 #Hair #Two
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
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.
-- James Brown

#Thankfulness #Christ #Appreciative
I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.
-- James Brown

#Wife #Cash #Likes
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
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
I've been knocked down a lot of times.
-- James Brown

#Knocked Down
I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
-- James Brown

#Inspirational #Funny #Witty
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
Thank God for the journey.
-- James Brown

#Journey #Thank God
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
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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