Rick James Quotes
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If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.
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I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.
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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.
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You and I, we'll be together 'til the six is nine.
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I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.
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I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.
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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.
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I don't think the white establishment will ever respect or appreciate a black man who speaks the truth.
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I try to make the audience forget all their problems -- for an hour and a half or so get them out of themselves, and space, and time, and consciousness.
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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.
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I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted.
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I don't try to hide sex in my music. Music is very sexual. I don't hide it.
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I just live one day at a time.
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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.
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Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time.
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You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.
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I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.
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I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.
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I'm good. Or maybe people just like me.
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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.
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My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.
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I dont have aluminum foil on my windows anymore.
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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.
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That girl is pretty kinky, the girl's a super-freak, I'd really like to taste her.
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I feel that I have to say something in a song and that it's not just enough to lay down the music.
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You can't outdo 'Street Songs' and I didn’t even try. [It] had that special magic that comes with timing and good vibrations and you can't even try to capture that exactly again.
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I think the people are just looking for freedom in music...There's a lot of she-bop she-bop going on out there. Maybe they're tired of that same old thing.
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I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.
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Prison was a blessing. Going to prison was the greatest thing that happened to me. It showed me that I wasn't infallible. It showed me that I was just human. It showed me that I can be back with my ghetto brothers I grew up with and have a good time. It taught me to cool out. It taught me patience. It taught me that I didn't ever want to lose my freedom. It taught me that drugs bring on the devil. It taught me to grow up.
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I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.
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