Everybody over there, get on up. Everybody out there, get into it. Everybody right there, get involved.

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.

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.

Papa didn't cuss, he didn't raise a whole lot of fuss. But when we did wrong, Papa beat the hell out of us.

When you touch me, good God.

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.

Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you.