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

Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.

Free your mind and your ass will follow

Disco is funky when you take one record at a time. It's just that they narrowed it down to one beat to try to corner the market on a particular music. And when you do that with rhythm - talk about something that will get on your nerves. Try to make love with one stroke. Somebody will tell you to fax it in.

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.

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

Look both ways before you cross my mind.