I'm a long way from Ike Turner.

I try to make the audience forget all their problems -- for an hour and a half or so get them out of themselves, and space, and time, and consciousness.

Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time.

KISS hammered home the importance of high drama...I decided to design my show with the same goal; I wanted my fans to remember my show for the rest of their lives.

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

I'm good. Or maybe people just like me.

When I'm about Rick James, it's all about get out there and kill 'em.