James Brown

Look a'here, some people say we got a lot of maliceSome say it's a lotta nerveI say we won't quit movingTil we get what we deserve.We've been 'buked and we've been scournedWe've been treated bad, talked aboutAs just as sure as you're bornBut just as sure as it takeTwo eyes to make a pair, huhBrother, we can't quit until we get our share.Say it loud,I'm black and I'm proud.

Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud, written with Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (1968) , 1968

I would warn against anyone marrying a person with more than a ten-year age difference. It almost never works. It is difficult to find things to talk about, to use similar reference points, and to operate at the same speed of life. Another problem is that both sides usually don't want the same things at the same time.

Brown, J. & Eliot, M. (2005). I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul , pp. 247-248. New American Library: New York. , 2005

I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too … I got a song about that … But I'm never gonna release it. Don't want a war with the rappers. If it wasn't good, they wouldn't steal it.

"Being James Brown," Rolling Stone Magazine, 2006-06-12. , 2006

To make it in life, you and your wife need to be in the same business. That has been my problem all along. My wives didn't know what I was doing. I would come back home from the road to a stranger. That's no good.

Brown, J. & Tucker, B. (2003). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul, p. 266. Thunder's Mouth Press: New York. , 2003

Our love is kind of stalled, baby.But it ain't about the sex.I'd trade the roses and the negligeesIf we could just connect.I go deeper when you look into my eyes.There's a place where neither one of us can hide.And it's up to us to reinvent the game.Love it when you call my name.

I Got the Feelin' (1968) , 1968