Think! It ain't illegal 'yet.'

The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.

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.

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.

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

Why must I feel like that? Why must I chase the cat?

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!