I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.

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.

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Your Philosophy in Life Should be to Support others without expecting them To Support Back.

Focus your thoughts today on HOW ‘You can!’ instead of accepting that ‘You can’t.’ Amazing ideas will come your way.

I'm back into fashion which is great! Because they do all the terrible work of production for me.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

I've never supported a wage tax and I've never supported a payroll tax.

Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings.

You either are a good director or you're not.

Teaching is a personal matter of the nursery of the mind and should not be on public display.