“I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord b...”
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“I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord b...”
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“Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.”
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“Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.”
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“I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.”
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“I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and put me in prison. Then I start thinking like Job. Job waited and became the wealthiest and richest man ever 'cause he...”
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“I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference.”
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“I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.”
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“The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.”
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“I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.”
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“I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.”
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“I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.”
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“I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.”
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“I've been knocked down a lot of times.”
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“I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the wo...”
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“Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.”
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“Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.”
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