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.

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

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

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

Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth. Take on new influences without fear and you need not fear what is new. Change the people around you by changing the people around you.

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.