Quotes from Rick James

You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.

I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.

Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.

She's the kind you don't take home to mother.

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.

If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.

I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.

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.

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.

I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.

I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry.

I'm really not tailored for responsibility.

If anything I consider myself non-violent, I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.

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.

Whether you're rich or poor, life's still cold-blooded.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.

After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll.

I don't have aluminum foil on my windows anymore.

My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.

I just live one day at a time.

I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.

I love rap.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.

Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it all begins.