When I'm about Rick James, it's all about get out there and kill 'em.

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.

Using your mind is a faster method to getting what you want. I mean, all you have to do is sit there. What could be easier?

In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.

The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms.

When i started flirting with the hustle, failure became my ex, now I'm engaged to the game and married to success.

What Christ does in us and through us will always be 'exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think.'

My Grandmother wouldn't even speak the word Democrat if there were children in the room, she'd say Bastards instead.

I know what it means to have a leading part, and I know what it means to have a featured part.

Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.

I don't think I began to be a professional writer until I learned my weaknesses and what I couldn't do. This forced me to compensate.

I would gladly have accepted a heaping spoonful of nepotism when I got out of college and was looking for a job.