James Brown Quotes

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

James Brown

Happiness, Dance, Adversity

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Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn . . . The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.

James Brown

Country, Real, Kids

James Brown, Bruce Tucker (2014). “James Brown: The Godfather of Soul”, p.175, Head of Zeus

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You got to use what you got to get just what you want.

James Brown

Success, Use, Want

Song: Hot Pants

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

James Brown

Use, Grades, Funk

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I've got soul and I'm super bad.

James Brown

Soul, Egotism

Song: Super Bad, Pts. 1 and 2, 1991

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Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you.

James Brown

Work, Care, Take Care

Song: Ain't It Funky Now?

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I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there.

James Brown

Thinking, People, Care

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If you don't get it the first time, back up and try it again.

James Brown

Trying, Firsts, Adages

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Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.

James Brown

Heart, Performing

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

James Brown

Way, Teach, Ifs

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I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)

James Brown

Doors, Giving, Want

Song: I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing, Album: Sex Machine, 1970

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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

Spiritual, Father, Struggle

James Brown, Bruce Tucker (2014). “James Brown: The Godfather of Soul”, p.63, Head of Zeus

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Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.

James Brown

Giving, Dancing, Needs

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You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.

James Brown

Philosophy, Live For Yourself

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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.

James Brown

Two, Schubert, Written

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When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.

James Brown

Music, People, Joy

James Brown, Bruce Tucker (2014). “James Brown: The Godfather of Soul”, p.232, Head of Zeus

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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.

James Brown

Religious, Moving, Sea

James Brown (2006). “You Shall See His Glory in the Morning!”, p.37, Xulon Press

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I don't know karate, but I know crazy.

James Brown

Revenge, Crazy, Karate

James Brown (2013). “James Brown - The Ultimate Collection (Songbook)”, p.123, Hal Leonard Corporation

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

James Brown

Dancer, African American, Taught

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Our silence is deafening and deadly.

James Brown

Silence, Domestic Violence, Violence

"See CBS Sports' James Brown's Powerful Speech Against Domestic Violence" by Aaron Couch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 11, 2014.

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I want to say to you: Help yourself, so you can help someone else.

James Brown

Want, Helping, Help Yourself

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Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.

James Brown

Relationship, Sorry, Men

Song: Goodbye My Love

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Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live.

James Brown

Music, Play, Sweat

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You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing

James Brown

Knives, Dull, Saying Nothing

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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.

James Brown

Men, Two, Hair

"James Brown: The Godfather of Soul". Book by James Brown, Bruce Tucker, 1986.

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Born: May 3, 1933
Died: December 25, 2006
Occupation: Musical Artist
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