SoulPower_HD.mp4
James Brown. A clip from the documentary, "The Night James Brown Saved Boston", features interviews which speak about James Brown, his soul power and his guiding principles. James Brown was true to himself; he found his voice and was an original.

Video transcript:

Soul power, soul power, soul power, soul power, good man.

You couldn't deny the power that inner the humanity in the music. When you add to that, his social conscience, that work he would do in the communities, you know, visiting schools and prisons and community centers, the way he was connected to the people as an activist, as an entertainer, as a spokesperson, James Brown was really doing it all and he wasn't a part of the establishment machine and so that made on one level unpredictable and on another level irreplaceable.

The soul power, that overlaps the black power but is not identical black power. Soul power cut -- deeper, healing man, affirming, democratic principles as conceived by the founding father that I say is a patriot. But he was himself I think and that is the most important. You got to be true to yourself. How do you find your voice and just don't be an echo to somebody else. He found the voice. He was an original.

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