Quotes from James Brown

When you touch me, good God.

Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.

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

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

You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.

When you are at a loss of words then go with your feelings. If you feel nothing you must rely on your thinking. If your thinking is not clear then lean on the spirit. With Spirit you cannot go wrong!

I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

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

I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.

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

I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.

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.

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.

Money won't change you, but time will take you out.

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

The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.

When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it. That's what's happening with me.

I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.

This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.

It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it.

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.

I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference.

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