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
When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.
Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.
My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.
You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.
I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.
It's a Man's Man's Man's World
I'm twice as old, but I feel good.
I used to play one job and have 125 pair of shoes on the floor. What was I doing? I couldn't wear but one pair.
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
Our silence is deafening and deadly.
I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.
I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God and Jack The Rapper.
You're like a dull knife, it just ain't cutting.