I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.

That girl is pretty kinky, the girl's a super-freak, I'd really like to taste her.

I don't think the white establishment will ever respect or appreciate a black man who speaks the truth.

I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history.

I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would like take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry.

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

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