I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.

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.

The souls of heroes are forged by the gods and tempered with the pain of life.

And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.

When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that level.

In order to satisfy one human stomach, so many lives are taken away. We must promote vegetarianism. It is extremely important.

Things seem to fall apart inevitably.

There seemed to be endless obstacles - it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

When wrong people leave your life, wrong things stop happening

I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.

Virtue is not hereditary.

Fear could never make virtue.