You're like a dull knife, it just ain't cutting.

As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

I used to play one job and have 125 pair of shoes on the floor. What was I doing? I couldn't wear but one pair.

When you touch me, good God.

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

My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a two and up." We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them.