I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming.

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

I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming.

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.

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!

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

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.