She's the kind you don't take home to mother.

I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.

I'm not part of the Hollywood scene. I don't run around with 30 women. I have a very calm household. I'm surrounded by my grandkids and wonderful friends, and I consider myself very lucky.

I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground... Kind of sort of.

You can't outdo 'Street Songs' and I didn’t even try. [It] had that special magic that comes with timing and good vibrations and you can't even try to capture that exactly again.

I'm a long way from Ike Turner.

I get some letters from girls that if their mothers knew what they were writing me in these letters, they'd get their butts whipped.