For goodness sake, look at those cakes.

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.

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

You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.

I don't know karate, but I know crazy.

I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there.

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