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

My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.

I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.

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

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

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

I love marijuana - Mary Jane - and you can print that! I smoke it every day and it's the greatest thing since ice cream and I'm not afraid to say it.