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.

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

I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and put me in prison. Then I start thinking like Job. Job waited and became the wealthiest and richest man ever 'cause he believed in God.

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

Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup.

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

It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it.