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

I just live one day at a time.

I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.

I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.

Punk Funk means to be one with yourself. To be rebellious, aggressive, able to do and say what you feel at all times, without inflicting mental or spiritual pain.

I'm really not tailored for responsibility.

Anybody that's old and closed-minded does not like Rick James... They don't like the fact that I'm free and I'm wide open.