I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.

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.

Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.

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

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

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.

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