I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Ge... by James Brown

I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)

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Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't 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. That's Black Power.

real country kids

The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing. by James Brown

The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

adversity dance happiness

I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use

funk grades use

Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come... by James Brown

Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.

dancing giving needs

My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a two and up." We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them.

schubert written two

I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there.

care people thinking

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.

struggle spiritual father

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. by James Brown

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.

music joy people

I've got soul and I'm super bad. by James Brown

I've got soul and I'm super bad.

egotism soul

You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else. by James Brown

You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.

live-for-yourself philosophy

You got to use what you got to get just what you want. by James Brown

You got to use what you got to get just what you want.

use want success

Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. Y... by James Brown

Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.

performing heart

You can't teach others if you are living the same way. by James Brown

You can't teach others if you are living the same way.

teach ifs way

I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know. by James Brown

I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.

dancer taught african-american

Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine. by James Brown

Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine.

machines expression sex

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

hair men two

I want to say to you: Help yourself, so you can help someone else... by James Brown

I want to say to you: Help yourself, so you can help someone else.

help-yourself want helping

I don't know karate, but I know crazy. by James Brown

I don't know karate, but I know crazy.

karate crazy revenge

Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live. by James Brown

Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.

live-and-let-live politician

Money won't change you, but time will take you out. by James Brown

Money won't change you, but time will take you out.

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