My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist.

We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves.

I got private lessons in keyboard at Julliard, before New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me.

Usually, I just do what I want, because I got it that way.

The Pigtronix Envelope Phaser pedal is a definite 'must have' for your Funk recipe cookbook......it adds definite Funkaliciousness to your WOO stew.

Providence School of Art students used to sneak into P Funk concerts.

As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I'll just sit and roll tape.

I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days.

Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton.

Things are not always the way tbey seem to be

Creativity helps us fight off the monotony of everyday life!

A man would rather break his donkeys back than give it the carrot it requires to progress.

When your mother is made out of your dreams, anything real is bound to disappoint you.

It is true I little respect women or girls who are loquacious either in boasting the triumphs, or bemoaning the mortifications, of feelings.

Destruction, violence, ravages, murder, are perpetrated by statute law.

My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we have pretty heated conversations.

Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly.

Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.

The future is not there waiting for us. We create it by the power of imagination.