I’m the hardest working man in show business, so if your whole act is shouting and sequins, sit down and clap on the two. by James Brown

Everybody in here is competing for best entrance, and none of y’all can sing over me when I decide to mean it.

Elegant is nice, Sam, but I built a whole empire on leaving people breathless and confused.

Both of y’all need to relax and let the records do the bragging, because the voices already won.

Now that was smooth, Aretha. James, you can moonwalk around the truth all day, but I’m still the one who made it elegant.

Borrowed, baby. I improved the paint job and sold the car.

That’s true, but half the confusion was your jumpsuit fighting for its life.

Fine, but when the mic drops, the cape stays on, and the crowd still knows who ran the room.

James Brown talking loud like he didn’t spend half his career stealing the loudest parts of my personality.