James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brownwas an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and bandleader. The founding father of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul". In a career that spanned six decades, he influenced the development of several music genres...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth3 May 1933
CityBarnwell, SC
CountryUnited States of America
What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism.
I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick.
Everybody over there, get on up. Everybody out there, get into it. Everybody right there, get involved.
If you don't get it the first time, back up and try it again.
I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and put me in prison. Then I start thinking like Job. Job waited and became the wealthiest and richest man ever 'cause he believed in God.
Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine.
Thank God for the journey.
I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too... I got a song about that... But I'm never gonna release it. Don't want a war with the rappers. If it wasn't good, they wouldn't steal it.
I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.
I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.
You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.
I don't know karate, but I know crazy.
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.