I'm always surprised that I'm still around funk and that people are still into it.

Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.

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.

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.

Just gimme some stage. I'll make my own way once I get there.

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