“When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just ...” — James Brown Quote

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.

I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.

Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.

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

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

The Church should say, 'I'm frightened that women will be ordained;' that's honest, say that. But don't say, 'It's a grave sin,' because that's nonsense.

My favorite singers in the world have been black singers, and you can go to any church and hear the best singers in the world - and I'm a singer, and I love singing!

I was not in the church, but we claim, like so many people, 'Yeah, I grew up in the church.' Well yeah, I grew up in the church and went to church, but I knew nothing about the Lord. I had no idea what it meant about walking in faith.

Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state.