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"I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was."
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"Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson."

"He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. all of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world."

"I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich."
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"I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world."

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

"I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could."

"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."

"When God took it, he accepted it; when he brought it back, he accepted it. That's what's happening with me."

"My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names."

"I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people."
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