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.

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

I worked in a barbershop. I used to make the waves in the brother's hair, you know? Like, Nat King Cole, Sugar Ray Robinson.

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

The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill.

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

Free your mind and your ass will follow