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As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.
James Brown
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James Brown
Age: 73 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 3
Died: 2006
Died: December 25
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James Joseph Brown
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The Godfather of Soul
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Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.
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My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go a one and a two and up. We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them.
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Everybody over there, get on up. Everybody out there, get into it. Everybody right there, get involved.
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I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
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You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.
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I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.
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Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.
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When you touch me, good God.
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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.
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I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.
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In our advanced technological age, most people deny the possibility of miracles.... Miracles don't happen, we are told, because they contravene the laws of nature and worse, they sound religious! Yet we live and move in a sea of miracle.
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Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking!
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I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God and Jack The Rapper.
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You can't teach others if you are living the same way.
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Thank God for the journey.
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I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.
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Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all.
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Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live.
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I've got soul and I'm super bad.
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