"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."
— James Brown

January 1, 1970

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Sources

Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York.