I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.
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.
Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.
I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.
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 wealthiest and richest man ever 'cause he believed in God.
I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference.
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.
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
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 not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was.
I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
I've been knocked down a lot of times.
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.
Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.
