247 Quotes by James McBride

James Brown's music still sounds as fresh and as good and as new as it did when he first created it.

Anyone can write your own life story.

A band is not a democracy: It's show business.

I'm not one of those deeper, ethereal writers. I'm just trying to get it done.

The media's image of us is as animals, and we were never that to me. I knew love from black folks.

Writing teaches writing.

I don't do any art to please any people.

If you can whistle the melody, then the song will stick. But if you need a bunch of machines to make it sound good, you're probably not writing anything that's going to last a long time.

My mother tried her best to give us a sense of self-esteem.