I was there when Gordon Brown basically was taking over - so right in the middle of that transition. It was fantastic; I learnt a lot.

John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection.

Dan Brown and the 'Da Vinci Code' have been around well over a decade now, and to be perfectly honest, both he and it have become a joke.

There were no small brown kids as the centre of the children's fiction I grew up with.

Celeb crushes? Chris Brown - I hope he doesn't really find out.

I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.

Fortunately, I'm known as the hardest-working woman in showbiz, not to compete with James Brown. I've always been a multi-tasker.

When I graduated from Brown after majoring in women's studies, I made my first PBS documentary, 'Women of Substance.' My first feature documentary was called 'American Hollow,' which I did for HBO and was at the Sundance Film Festival.

I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'

I like smart rappers who aren't necessarily trying to be deeper than you, like Danny Brown.

Doing this James Brown thing for the last couple of days has been ideal. But it's a different kind of fun.

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic.

There's people saying that 'Jackie Brown' was a blaxploitation movie, when there's nothing at all blaxploitation about it other than Pam Grier being in it.

Did you ever get the feeling that the world is a tuxedo and you're a pair of brown shoes?

I always felt before Paul Brown, coaches just rolled the ball out onto the field.

Mike Brown is a big guy; he's very durable. He's extremely strong and very well-rounded.

James Brown is the reason I play guitar.

Antonio Brown is, if not the best receiver in the league, one of the best.

I carry one black mascara and one brown.

I love Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Usher, Mariah Carey... all that stuff.