Charles Bradley Quotes

Charles Bradley

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 5, 1948

I did a tour down South someplace, and it was an all-day festival, and there were about 2,000 people. It was pouring down rain, and I went to grab the mic, and I got electrocuted. I felt the electricity flow through my body.

Charles Bradley

If we don't change this world and look inside our differences inside of us, we gonna bring this world back to a hard point.

Charles Bradley

One thing I learned about that I always knew about myself - that I always been afraid of myself.

Charles Bradley

I always loved James Brown, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke.

Charles Bradley

I can't be angry at God. Look at all the love that he gave us. Look at the beautiful planet that he gave us.

Charles Bradley

Back in the day, I was afraid to speak out. When I get music behind me, it feels like I can soothe the hurt and put it in vocals and say it to the room the way I feel it.

Charles Bradley

I'm so grateful there's people that believe in me and want to hear more about me.

Charles Bradley

Just know that all the pain that I've been through, it made me strong.

Charles Bradley

All I want to do is get me a piece of land someplace where I can say, 'This is home,' and I got nobody bothering me.

Charles Bradley

I'm trying to find a home that I can come home to, and there's no stress or pressure to be scared to be in your own house.

Charles Bradley

If you're gonna sing, sing from your heart, and the world will hear you.

Charles Bradley

When people are screaming when I'm on stage, I can't even find the words to thank them and tell them how much I love them, but I'll never forget all these faces.

Charles Bradley

I just love dancing. When the music is really hitting my soul, then I really want to get into it.

Charles Bradley

I just have to open up when I'm on stage because that's what I did in my life. I want people to know what I've been through, and the love and the honesty that I have kept inside me. I just open my heart and let my heart go free.

Charles Bradley

I'm trying to stay focused - trying to open up again - and the music really did a lot of greatness for me and meeting a lot of people that really had concern and compassion for me.

Charles Bradley

If you want to give a show, make it real, and people will listen to you more carefully.

Charles Bradley

With all the hurts they've been through, they find a loving way and a way to put their mind on something greater. That's what makes a good artist, a good singer: because you can hear the hurt in their voice, and you can hear the love in their voice.

Charles Bradley

I lived in the streets for three years when I was a kid, and every day, I didn't know where my next meal would come from.

Charles Bradley

When I was a child, it was segregated, and I couldn't go across a fence to certain parts of Gainesville.

Charles Bradley

Everybody tell me everywhere I go that I'm the closest thing to James Brown they ever seen.

Charles Bradley