5 James Brown Quotes on Identity

James Brown quotes on identity

1. 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.

14. I felt like the blacks had gotten lost in musical trends in some ways, and got away from what they were really looking for.

23. 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.

28. I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.

30. 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.