It doesnt matter how you travel it, its the same road. It doesnt get a — James Brown

"Dont terrorize. Organize. Dont burn. Give kids a chance to learn … The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. Thats Black Power."

"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."

"When Im on stage, Im trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People dont go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it."

"To make it in life, you and your wife need to be in the same business. That has been my problem all along. My wives didnt know what I was doing. I would come back home from the road to a stranger. Thats no good."

"I would warn against anyone marrying a person with more than a ten-year age difference. It almost never works. It is difficult to find things to talk about, to use similar reference points, and to operate at the same speed of life. Another problem is that both sides usually dont want the same things at the same time."

"Im the most sampled and stolen. Whats mine is mine, and whats yours is mine, too … I got a song about that … But Im never gonna release it. Dont want a war with the rappers. If it wasnt good, they wouldnt steal it."