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.

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

You and I, we'll be together 'til the six is nine.

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

I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.

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.

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