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

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

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...

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 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...

Thank God for the journey.

Thank God for the journey.

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

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

I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to...

I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to...

The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have...

The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have...

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into...

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into...

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 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'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.

I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.

Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed...

Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed...

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...

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned...

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned...

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got...

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got...

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...

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...

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

I just thank God for all of the blessings.