James Brown

James Brown, known variously as: Soul Brother Number One, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, and The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business

2 Quotes

I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.
— James Brown

I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
— James Brown