I just saw James Brown call himself the hardest working man in show business from beyond the grave and honestly that is rich coming from a man who treated the band like unpaid came by Aretha Franklin

A whole career off one note is still more range than a man who needed a stopwatch to feel important.

Sam, you say that like you didn’t invent smooth enough to make everybody else look like they were singing through a screen door.

James, you spent three hours yelling at a horn section and called it discipline, please sit down.

At least I sang like I meant it. Some folks turn one note into a whole career and a courtroom.

Baby I earned every title in this thread, unlike certain people who showed up late, looked amazing, and still got the last word.