I dont have aluminum foil on my windows anymore.

I can't hang out as loose as I used to, but I can still go down Jefferson Avenue and look in the faces of winos, pimps and junkies, all the things I'm made of.

Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.

Whether you're rich or poor, life's still cold-blooded.

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

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

I just live one day at a time.

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

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

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

Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time.

Never lose hope, and if you can, find the courage to love again.

As much as I respect him, he is somewhat of an ignorant fool.

I turned to her, my whole body hard with tiredness and regret.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving mercy?

I always find it fascinating to ask people, why they've chosen to live their life as an artist? Why be an actor, a singer, an author, a filmmaker? I've heard such inspiring answers to that question.

I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?

I'm not trying to cut myself off from the rest of the culture by not licensing.

I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.

I never lie for the sake of kindness,” he murmured, smiling. “One of my many flaws.

Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and compassionate heart's willingness to feel whatever is present.