James Brown Quotes on Identity
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A colored is a very frightened-to-death Afro-American. A Negro is one that makes it in the system, and he wants to be white. A nigger, he's loud and boisterous, wants to be seen. Nobody likes a nigger. A black man has pride. He wants to build, he wants to make his race mean something. Wants to have a culture and art forms. And he's not prejudiced. I am a black American man. Now you go ahead and print it.
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I felt like the blacks had gotten lost in musical trends in some ways, and got away from what they were really looking for.
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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 world.
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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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My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.