Whether you're rich or poor, life's still cold-blooded.
Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.
I can't hang out as loose as I used to, but I can still go down Jefferson Avenue and look in the faces of winos, pimps and junkies, all the things I'm made of.
Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it all begins.
She's the kind you don't take home to mother.
My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.
I just live one day at a time.
I love marijuana - Mary Jane - and you can print that! I smoke it every day and it's the greatest thing since ice cream and I'm not afraid to say it.
I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history.
I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted.
Punk Funk means to be one with yourself. To be rebellious, aggressive, able to do and say what you feel at all times, without inflicting mental or spiritual pain.
KISS hammered home the importance of high drama...I decided to design my show with the same goal; I wanted my fans to remember my show for the rest of their lives.
You and I, we'll be together 'til the six is nine.
I'm really not tailored for responsibility.
I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.
If I told you Jesus Christ was black you're going to be afraid of me because I'm telling you the truth. That's where I always come from.
I get some letters from girls that if their mothers knew what they were writing me in these letters, they'd get their butts whipped.
I didn't even think I would make it that long. I thought I would drug overdose, like Jimi Hendrix. I thank God every day to even be here.
You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.
I'm a long way from Ike Turner.
If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.
I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.
I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground... Kind of sort of.
I'm in love with mary jane. she's my main thing. she makes me feel alright. she makes my heart sing. and when I'm feeling low, she comes as no suprise. turns me on with her love, takes me to paradiiiiise do you love me mary jane, yeah now do you think you love me mary jane don't you play no game.
Anybody that's old and closed-minded does not like Rick James... They don't like the fact that I'm free and I'm wide open.
