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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

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James Brown
Age: 73 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 3
Died: 2006
Died: December 25
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