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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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We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself.
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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.
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What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism.
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I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.
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I've got soul and I'm super bad.
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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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For goodness sake, look at those cakes.
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