“Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.”

—  James Brown

Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4

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