Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn . . . The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.

Money won't change you, but time will take you out.

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.

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

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

I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.