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.

Quote by James Brown

Topics: Joy Quotes, Trying Quotes

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 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...

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've been knocked down a lot of times.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me...

Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me...

I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else.

I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else.

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.

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 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...

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like...

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like...

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 expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

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

You only live once.

You only live once.