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

I get some letters from girls that if their mothers knew what they were writing me in these letters, they'd get their butts whipped.

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

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.