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

I didn't even think I would make it that long. I thought I would drug overdose, like Jimi Hendrix. I thank God every day to even be here.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.

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

Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.

I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.

I don't think the white establishment will ever respect or appreciate a black man who speaks the truth.