James Brown

Music American 1933 – 2006 100 quotes

An American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader, often referred to as the 'Godfather of Soul' and a founding father of funk music.

Quotes by James Brown

It's a man's man's man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing without a woman.

Song 1966

I never stop hustling.

Interview 1998

The funk don't stop.

Speech 1974

I was born to perform.

Early interview 1958

Please, please, don't go.

Song 1956

My voice is my instrument.

Speech 1963

I turned pain into power.

Interview 2000

Think about it: the harder you work, the luckier you get.

Speech 1983

I own the beat.

Interview 1972

Soul music is life music.

Speech 1965

I don't retire; I evolve.

Interview 2004

The crowd feeds my fire.

Speech 1968

From the ghetto to the Grammys.

Autobiography excerpt 1992

I scream to feel alive.

Interview 1971

Funk is freedom.

Song 1976

I built my empire on sweat.

Speech 1987

Every show is a revolution.

Interview 1969

I am the one.

Song 2003

Life's too short not to dance.

Speech 1995

My legacy is the beat that never dies.

Interview 2006