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

I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.

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

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.

After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll.

I had $20 million in the bank, girls are following me all over the f - place, people call my name everywhere I go. What would I change? And then one day you get onstage and you see two little girls who look like they are 11 years old sticking their tongues out and pulling their bras down and you quit touring. That's what happened to me.

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