James BrownWhen 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.
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When he said this, Eric Burdon was being facetious, but his point is that good music should be good for you. Joy is what music can bring into your life that you don’t get from other things, and then music is what gives people joy. It’s a powerful statement about what art can do to connect people with one another.
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