9 James Brown Quotes on Music

James Brown quotes on music

2. I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too ... I got a song about that ... But I'm never gonna release it. Don't want a war with the rappers. If it wasn't good, they wouldn't steal it.

9. When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.

12. Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying?

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.

18. 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.

21. I thank God for the Apollo Theater. When I saw those people, that was the awards.

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

29. I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

32. Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.