JAMES BROWN - BROWN: 'NO REGRETS ABOUT BROTHEL UPBRINGING'

Soul star JAMES BROWN credits his childhood in a whore house with instilling common sense. The PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE singer grew up under the care of his aunt HONEY, who ran a brothel in Augusta, Georgia. But rather than being ashamed of his unusual home life, Brown is convinced the experience has made him a better person. He says, "It (life) would have been worse without that. Because I wouldn't have known that life. "Suppose a man who knows nothing about that world is made governor. How's he going to tell a prostitute that she could have another direction? "Even if I was the most educated person on the planet, it wouldn't do any good anyway. I'm much better off with common sense."