“The music I was really listening to in 1968 was James Brown, the great...” — Miles Davis Quote

“The music I was really listening to in 1968 was James Brown, the great guitar player Jimi Hendrix, and a new group... Sly and the Family Stone, led by Sly Stewart from San Francisco.”

“A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.”

“Prince is from the school of James Brown, and I love James Brown because of all the great rhythms he plays.”

“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”

“Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.”

“I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.”

“Derren Brown doesn't really predict the lottery numbers. But there is an enormous amount of entertainment in there.”

“I did do a local musical, 'Bubblin' Brown Sugar.' I played the young Sweet Georgia Brown. I was 13 years old. After that, I just decided that I had to pick one thing, acting or singing, and concentrate on that.”

“I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.”

“New Brown America represents a whole generation of kids that are descendants of either immigrants or immigrants themselves, that are coming to America, enriching what it means to be an American.”

“In 2014, when my wife, Courtney, was expecting our daughter and we were contemplating a name, I said, 'How about Finley?' Only after Courtney said that she loved the name did I reveal that it was inspired by an aspect of Samuel Finley Brown Morse.”

“Michael Brown happened to be black. Trayvon Martin happened to be black. Eric Garner was a black man. So this pattern continues over and over.”