I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.

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.

that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.

At some point we have to give up and say that's just the way it is. Or, not give up and push on.

Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.

I enjoy every win that I have. Every win gives me satisfaction, because all the girls are competitive and the tour is so even and tough.

And love is love, in beggars and in kings.

The older you get, the better you realize you were.

The words can not return.

And I'm very proud of the 50,000 poll workers and election officials who delivered a free and fair election.

Hillary Clinton made no outreach to Muslim Americans or Arab Americans. So they have to insert themselves.

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.