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'm a long way from Ike Turner.

My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.

I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.

She's the kind you don't take home to mother.

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

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.