TOP 10 JAMES BROWN QUOTES

James Brown Quotes #1 - The church of funk

“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 Quotes #2 - It's all about the hair and teeth

‘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 Quotes #3 - I'm sure he is not the first man to utter this phrase

“I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.”

James Brown Quotes #4 - A world with less racism

“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.”

James Brown Quotes #5 - Why be Moses when you could be Job?

“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 Quotes #6 - School of Funk

“I only got seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use.”

James Brown Quotes #7 - Dance your problems away

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

James Brown Quotes #8 - Feed me, Seymour

“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 Quotes #9 - I'm guessing he isn't a believer in reincarnation

“You only live once.”

James Brown Quotes #10 - Let the truth be told, you must

“I want to say to you, help yourself, so you can help someone else.”