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 had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted.

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

I went to India, lived, and studied.

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.

You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.

I feel that I have to say something in a song and that it's not just enough to lay down the music.