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

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.

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.

Punk Funk means to be one with yourself. To be rebellious, aggressive, able to do and say what you feel at all times, without inflicting mental or spiritual pain.

What a beautiful day to go to hell

God is a spirit. The spirit dwells in a soul. God is you.

Values are the measuring stick for howyou make decisions in business: goal setting, employee conduct, recognition, discipline—everything.

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

the wheel of fate crushes us all

Love isn't love until you give it away.

Some jobs are just too hideous to contemplate.

Poet: gardener of epitaphs.

Don't worry what others are doing. Do you!

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.