Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Thank God for the journey.
When you touch me, good God.
It's a Man's Man's Man's World
I've got soul and I'm super bad.
I'm twice as old, but I feel good.
Our silence is deafening and deadly.
I don't know karate, but I know crazy.
I've been knocked down a lot of times.
For goodness sake, look at those cakes.
I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!
I just thank God for all of the blessings.
I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit.
The white horse of heroin will ride you to hell.
You're like a dull knife, it just ain't cutting.
Money won't change you, but time will take you out.
Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking!
You got to use what you got to get just what you want.
You can't teach others if you are living the same way.
You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.
Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live.
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.
I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.
Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you.
Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine.
The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.
If you don't get it the first time, back up and try it again.
I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.
When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.
I want to say to you: Help yourself, so you can help someone else.
I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else.
I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.
What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism.
You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.
Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.
I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.
Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.
You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing
Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.
Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.
I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself.
Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all.
Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer.
I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick.