I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.
You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.
I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.
I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.
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'm a long way from Ike Turner.