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  • If you got a booty, you're going to dance to disco, funk, you know, whatever's going on. Funk is going to be involved in it.

    Booty   Funk   Disco  
    "Not My Job: We Quiz Funk Legend George Clinton On The British Parliament". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. January 24, 2015.
  • Funk is fun. And it's also a state of mind, ... But it's all the ramifications of that state of mind. Once you've done the best you can, funk it!

    Fun   Mind   Done  
  • Funk 'em, just to see the look on their face.

    Interesting   Looks   Ems  
  • My ability has always been to walk out on the stage and see the audience and figure out what they wanna hear.

    Figures   Stage   Ability  
    "Brainfeeder at the Bowl: A roundtable discussion with George Clinton, Flying Lotus and Thundercat". Interview with Mikael Wood, www.latimes.com. September 16, 2016.
  • I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson.

  • The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill.

    Pills   Headache   Bigger  
    Song: Bop Gun
  • Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.

  • I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind of alien.

    "The extraterrestrial brother: George Clinton on time, space, and funk". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. February 12, 2010.
  • I worked in a barbershop. I used to make the waves in the brother's hair, you know? Like, Nat King Cole, Sugar Ray Robinson.

    Brother   Kings   Hair  
    "Not My Job: We Quiz Funk Legend George Clinton On The British Parliament". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. January 24, 2015.
  • When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it.

    Hate   Rap   People  
  • Free your mind and your ass will follow

    George Clinton (2014). “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?: A Memoir”, p.360, Simon and Schuster
  • Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.

    Style   Want   Can Do  
  • Why must I feel like that? Why must I chase the cat?

    Cat   Feels  
    Song: Atomic Dog, Album: Computer Games
  • Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some of the other poets. Some of the better rappers can rap real fast without even melodies. It'll get to that same point.

    Real   Rap   Hip Hop  
    "The extraterrestrial brother: George Clinton on time, space, and funk". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. February 12, 2010.
  • The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.

    Men   Talking   Use  
  • The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

    Effects  
    "Song: 'P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)'". 1975.
  • I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've come full circle. I did all kinds of music. I used to work on Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

  • Disco is funky when you take one record at a time. It's just that they narrowed it down to one beat to try to corner the market on a particular music. And when you do that with rhythm - talk about something that will get on your nerves. Try to make love with one stroke. Somebody will tell you to fax it in.

  • Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth. Take on new influences without fear and you need not fear what is new. Change the people around you by changing the people around you.

    People   Needs   Youth  
    George Clinton (2014). “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?: A Memoir”, p.109, Simon and Schuster
  • I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming.

    Kids   Style   Way  
  • Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off or get you out of the way in five years to make way for the new groups.

    Rip   Thinking   Years  
    "George Clinton: 'Even now the music scares us sometimes' - a classic interview from the vaults". NME Interview, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2012.
  • It's the easiest way to stay in the game: By helping the younger kids, they're gonna preach for you.

    Kids   Games   Way  
    "Brainfeeder at the Bowl: A roundtable discussion with George Clinton, Flying Lotus and Thundercat". Interview with Mikael Wood, www.latimes.com. September 16, 2016.
  • Look both ways before you cross my mind.

    Mind   Looks   Way  
    "Song: 'Wesley's Theory' ('To Pimp a Butterfly')". 2015.
  • You can rebel against everything adults say. When I want to find out what the new music is, I find out what parents hate.

    Hate   Parent   Rebel  
  • Think! It ain't illegal 'yet.'

    George Clinton (2014). “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?: A Memoir”, p.363, Simon and Schuster
  • I'm always surprised that I'm still around funk and that people are still into it.

    People   Funk   Stills  
  • Just gimme some stage. I'll make my own way once I get there.

    Way   Stage   My Own  
    "Brainfeeder at the Bowl: A roundtable discussion with George Clinton, Flying Lotus and Thundercat". Interview with Mikael Wood, www.latimes.com. September 16, 2016.
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George Clinton

  • Born: July 22, 1941
  • Occupation: Singer-songwriter