110 Quotes by James Brown

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.

I want to say to you: Help yourself, so you can help someone else.

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

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.

I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.

I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.

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

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.