James Brown Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I just thank God for all of the blessings.”

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

“Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.”

“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.”

“My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.”

“You can't teach others if you are living the same way.”

“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.”

“Thank God for the journey.”

“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.”

“I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.”