When you touch me, good God..

I used to play one job and have 125 pair of shoes on the floor. What was I doing? I couldn't wear but one pair..

I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God and Jack The Rapper..

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

Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live..

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..

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

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

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

Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn . . . The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning a….

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

Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine..

It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you l….

I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there..

Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all..

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

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..

I'm twice as old, but I feel good..

Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance..

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 w….

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..