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"27 James Brown Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 3 May 1933. Died: 25 December 2006 | Musician | Record producer | Dancer |

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

Everything Know Taught Them
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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.

Everybody Family Feed Forget
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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.

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

Complicated Going Joining Know
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The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

Dancing Most One Thing Our
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I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.

About Bonds Did Dollars
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I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.
Cash Expensive Got Likes
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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.

About Difference Expresses Fact
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I just thank God for all of the blessings.
Blessings God Just Thank
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I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.

Better Brown Going He
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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.

About Being Best Brown
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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.

Became Believed Cause Couple
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I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else.
Else Help Say Someone
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I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.

About About An Hour Again Aside
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I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit.

Bit Cut Down Like
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I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
About Dollars Few Having
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I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.

About Been Held Know
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I've been knocked down a lot of times.
Been Down Knocked Lot
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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.

Another Appreciative Christ Had
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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.

Award Back Cause Crying
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My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
Double Expectations Myself Other
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Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

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

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

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

Care God Help Helps
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You can't teach others if you are living the same way.
Living Others Same Teach
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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.

First First Thing Got Hair
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James Brown Quotes & Sayings