Comentário ao racismo americano, em rede nacional na televisão, 1968, logo após a morte de Martin Luther King.
James Brown Frases famosas
Últimas palavras para Charles Bobbit, seu empresário, antes de morrer na noite de 25 de dezembro de 2006.
James Brown: Frases em inglês
                                        
                                        Try Me, from Please Please Please (album) (1959) 
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Brown, J. & Tucker, B. (2003). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul, p. 266. Thunder's Mouth Press: New York. ISBN 1-56025-388-6
                                        
                                        It's a Man's Man's Man's World, written with Betty Jean Newsome, from It's a Man's Man's Man's World (1966) 
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"Being James Brown," Rolling Stone Magazine, 2006-06-12.
Last words as quoted by James Brown to Charles Bobbit, his longtime personal manager, just minutes before death on December 25 2006
                                        
                                        Cold Sweat, written with Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (1967) 
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Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4
                                        
                                        Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud, written with Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (1968) 
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Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4
Statement on national TV during the 1968 riots in Washington, DC after the Martin Luther King assassination. http://likethedew.com/2010/04/26/james-brown-and-his-changing-times-rockin-the-white-house-8
                                        
                                        I Got You (I Feel Good), from I Got You (1966) 
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                                        Licking Stick – Licking Stick, written with Bobby Byrd and Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (1968) 
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Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4
                                        
                                        I Got the Feelin (1968) 
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                                        Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, written with Bobby Byrd and Ron Lenhoff (1970) 
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Brown, J. & Eliot, M. (2005). I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul , pp. 247-248. New American Library: New York. ISBN 0-45121-393-9
                                        
                                        Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' (1965) 
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On having children — as quoted in Brown, J. & Eliot, M. (2005). I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul, p. 248. New American Library: New York. ISBN 0-45121-393-9
Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4
“Manhood is what we profess, and what we try to get across.”
Pop Chronicles: Show 51 - The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. (Part 7) https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19832/m1/#track/5, recorded 1.7.1970 http://archive.is/w3aj.