When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.

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

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

I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat...

I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat...

I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.

I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.

I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son....

I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son....

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it....

When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it....

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him...

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him...

I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit.

I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit.

I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.

I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.

I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and...

I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and...

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't...

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't...

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

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

I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid...

I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid...

The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.

I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.

You can't teach others if you are living the same way.

You can't teach others if you are living the same way.

I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get...

I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get...

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

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

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

I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be...

I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be...