I don't try to hide sex in my music. Music is very sexual. I don't hide it. — Rick James Music Copy Share Image
My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street. — Rick James Fiction Copy Share Image
I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured. — Rick James Funk Copy Share Image
I get some letters from girls that if their mothers knew what they were writing me in these letters, they'd get their… — Rick James Girl Copy Share Image
I love marijuana - Mary Jane - and you can print that! I smoke it every day and it's the greatest thing… — Rick James Copy Share Image
After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James… — Rick James Copy Share Image
Anybody that's old and closed-minded does not like Rick James... They don't like the fact that I'm free and I'm wide open. — Rick James Closed minded Copy Share Image
I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength. — Rick James Copy Share Image
I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground... Kind of sort of. — Rick James Copy Share Image
I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any… — Rick James Art Copy Share Image
“See, I never just did things just to do them. Come on, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden… — Rick James Copy Share Image
You can't have rock & roll without drugs. You can't have rock & roll without sex. — Rick James Drugs Copy Share Image
Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time. — Rick James Funk Copy Share Image
I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army. — Rick James Army Copy Share Image
Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it all begins. — Rick James Copy Share Image
If I told you Jesus Christ was black you're going to be afraid of me because I'm telling you the truth. That's… — Rick James Copy Share Image
Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers. — Rick James Copy Share Image
I feel that I have to say something in a song and that it's not just enough to lay down the music. — Rick James Copy Share Image
I didn't even think I would make it that long. I thought I would drug overdose, like Jimi Hendrix. I thank God… — Rick James Drug Copy Share Image
