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

Free your mind and your ass will follow

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

The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

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!

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.

It's the easiest way to stay in the game: By helping the younger kids, they're gonna preach for you.