You can't outdo 'Street Songs' and I didn’t even try. [It] had that special magic that comes with timing and good vibrations and you can't even try to capture that exactly again.

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

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

I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.

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

KISS hammered home the importance of high drama...I decided to design my show with the same goal; I wanted my fans to remember my show for the rest of their lives.

If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.