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

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

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)

I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.

I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use

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.

My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a two and up." We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them.

I've got soul and I'm super bad.

You got to use what you got to get just what you want.

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

I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform

Neutrality as a lasting principle is an evidence of weakness.

I think Latin American cultures are really rich and fascinating. I like the pomp and circumstance of some of their rituals and ceremonies.

I lost my parents when I was fairly young.

Politics is like a race horse. A good jockey must know how to fall with the least possible damage.

We corrupt the Word of God most dangerously, when we throw any doubt on the plenary inspiration of any part of Holy Scripture.

I don't wear orange or yellow on the red carpet because my skin kind of blends in with them.

You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!

Oh, I’ll fight you,” she promised, her eyes clear of shadows. “That’s the way I roll.

I loved doing sitcoms.