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.
Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.
Whether you’re rich or poor, life’s still cold-blooded.
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.
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...
My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.
I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would like 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 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 mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.
I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted.
I’m trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.
If anything I consider myself non-violent. I’m from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.
I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.
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’m finally locked into the now, and it’s great.