// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var JamesBrown_quotes = new Array(); JamesBrown_quotes.ID = "JamesBrown_quotes"; JamesBrown_quotes.ID_WB = 16353057; JamesBrown_quotes.sPubDate = "12/26/2006 10:10:10 PM GMT"; JamesBrown_quotes.navsectionID = "3032433" JamesBrown_quotes.appFmt = 2; JamesBrown_quotes.appWidth = 460; JamesBrown_quotes.appHeader = "Quotes about the death of James Brown"; JamesBrown_quotes.appFooter = "Source: Associated Press"; JamesBrown_quotes.appNavStyle = 3; JamesBrown_quotes.appLayout = 1; JamesBrown_quotes.copyMargin = 9; JamesBrown_quotes[i++] = new Array("","Rev. Al Sharpton","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); JamesBrown_quotes[i-1].body = "“What James Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip-hop, rap, all of that, is what Bach was to classical music. This is a guy who literally changed the music industry. He put everybody on a different beat, a different style of music. He pioneered it.” "; JamesBrown_quotes[i++] = new Array("","Mick Jagger","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); JamesBrown_quotes[i-1].body = "“He was a whirlwind of energy and precision, and he was always very generous and supportive to me in the early days of the Stones. His passing is a huge loss to music.”"; JamesBrown_quotes[i++] = new Array("","Dan Aykroyd","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); JamesBrown_quotes[i-1].body = "“No one has ever integrated music, musicianship, dance and showmanship so effectively as did J.B. Every rap, hip-hop, house, soul, R&B, rock and pop artist practicing today has been influenced compositionally and choreographically by Mr. Brown. Fortunate were those of us who were able to engage his talents and witness his latest shows. The greatest on-stage revue of music in the history of our planet.”
"; JamesBrown_quotes[i++] = new Array("","Little Richard","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); JamesBrown_quotes[i-1].body = "“He was an innovator, he was an emancipator, he was an originator. Rap music, all that stuff came from James Brown.”"; JamesBrown_quotes[i++] = new Array("","President Bush","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); JamesBrown_quotes[i-1].body = "“An American original, his fans came from all walks of life and backgrounds. James Brown’s family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers this Christmas.” "; JamesBrown_quotes[i++] = new Array("","Charles Bobbit","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); JamesBrown_quotes[i-1].body = "“People already know his history, but I would like for them to know he was a man who preached love from the stage. His thing was 'I never saw a person that I didn’t love.’ He was a true humanitarian who loved his country.” -- Charles Bobbit, a friend who was with Brown when he died"; JamesBrown_quotes[i++] = new Array("","Agent Frank Copsidas","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); JamesBrown_quotes[i-1].body = "“Last night, he said 'I’m going to be there. I’m the hardest working man in show business.”’ — Agent Frank Copsidas, on Brown’s comments the night before he died about a scheduled New Year’s Eve performance in New York."; JamesBrown_quotes[i++] = new Array("","Rev. Jesse Jackson","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); JamesBrown_quotes[i-1].body = "“He was dramatic to the end — dying on Christmas Day. ... He’ll be all over the news all over the world today. He would have it no other way.”"; // END editorial data