A real good artist learns to be a better person through all the changes they've been through. They keep their loving and honesty growing and learn to look at the world and not be full of hatred. Charles Bradley More Quotes by Charles Bradley More Quotes From Charles Bradley My grandmother always told me that regardless of what the world gives you, stay humble. Stay strong in your beliefs, and be honest. And when you're wrong, be a man and say you're wrong. And be strong when you're right. Charles Bradley me you man humble I hope my music can help many nations all over the world see that the true things come out of the earth, and then they go back into the earth. But the true love you have to find within yourself and learn to respect one another from nation to nation. Charles Bradley true-love music hope love One thing I learned about that I always knew about myself - that I always been afraid of myself. Charles Bradley afraid about myself always We've got to learn how to not look at creed or color. Look at how beautiful a bouquet of roses looks like - different color roses, all look beautiful. We have to learn how to let our beauty of the color of our roses shine to the world. Charles Bradley look beautiful beauty world I always try to get in the back of the audience because people really want to get close to me, and I want to get close to them. Charles Bradley try back me people I'm trying to find a home that I can come home to, and there's no stress or pressure to be scared to be in your own house. Charles Bradley stress i-can pressure home If we don't change this world and look inside our differences inside of us, we gonna bring this world back to a hard point. Charles Bradley back look change world With all the hurts they've been through, they find a loving way and a way to put their mind on something greater. That's what makes a good artist, a good singer: because you can hear the hurt in their voice, and you can hear the love in their voice. Charles Bradley good you mind love With James Brown, I just learn the lyrics and then get out there and get funky with it and let my spirit free. But doing Charles Bradley, it's a lot of true, intimate words coming out of me that show me the picture inside myself. Charles Bradley picture words myself me I was born in America. I was raised in America. And America truly has done me a lot of dirt, a lot of horrible things that I never will forget, but I know this is where I was born at. Charles Bradley never me born forget I was 14, and I left on my own. Living in a subway train, and police used to come in with a nightstick and say, 'You can't sleep here.' I'd get up and go across the street, get on another train, and go back the other way. Charles Bradley street you police sleep I just have to open up when I'm on stage because that's what I did in my life. I want people to know what I've been through, and the love and the honesty that I have kept inside me. I just open my heart and let my heart go free. Charles Bradley me heart love life When I went to Gabriel Roth's studio, I showed him I was good with my hands and started working as a handyman in his studio. I asked him for a chance, and he gave me a song to sing with Sharon Jones. Charles Bradley good me song hands I never knew about racial segregation until Martin Luther King. Charles Bradley king racial never segregation What I hope is if you turn on the news tonight, I want to find a way to stop all this corruption I see. Charles Bradley you corruption hope way Give your love and never change. Be willing to die for the love you carry inside. Charles Bradley die you change love All I want to do is get me a piece of land someplace where I can say, 'This is home,' and I got nobody bothering me. Charles Bradley nobody me i-can home If you're a real person, I don't care if you blue - I'm going to be your friend. Everybody's tired of all of the hatred and animosity. I just want to live. Charles Bradley you tired care blue I've fell flat on my face so many times, I'd rather be alone. I learned from the mistake, but I know I'm going to turn around and do it all over again. Charles Bradley face alone know mistake I want to sit in my own sorrow, cry it out, talk to God, and say, 'Give me strength, wisdom.' Charles Bradley me strength wisdom god
