61 Quotes by Charles Bradley

It's not that I imitate him. I use a lot of what I feel. Even now, they refuse for me to stop doing James Brown. If it's something I can feel from the heart and from the soul, I do it.

Honestly, I've been excited for music ever since I was 16 years old. I'll always love the music.

I did a CD way back in 1989, but I never got it off the ground.

My faith in God is totally... there's nothing on this planet that can change my faith and love for God. Because I believe that's who kept me strong, who kept me going through all the darkness and brought me through the darkness into the light.

I always loved James Brown, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke.

When I was a child, it was segregated, and I couldn't go across a fence to certain parts of Gainesville.

We've got to learn how to not look at creed or color. Look at how beautiful a bouquet of roses looks like - different color roses, all look beautiful. We have to learn how to let our beauty of the color of our roses shine to the world.