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title: "8 Boots Quotes By Bootsy Collins"
description: "8 Boots quotes by Bootsy Collins. Plus more from Bootsy Collins and more Boots sayings from other authors."
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> [Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/well-actually-we-are-working-on-the-live-album-from-the-shows-in/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/bootsy-collins-15524_albums_well-actually-we-are-working-on-the-live_958647.jpg)

> [A roast is like a get-together where people come down and talk about you and dog you out, the way you came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/a-roast-is-like-a-get-together-where-people-come-down-and-talk-about/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

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> [I've thought maybe of getting younger artists out doing stuff, like I used to do a lot of. I don't wanna do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-ve-thought-maybe-of-getting-younger-artists-out-doing-stuff-like-i/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/bootsy-collins-15524_art_i-ve-thought-maybe-of-getting-younger-ar_1953696.jpg)

> [We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/we-are-all-human-and-i-want-to-relate-that-message-to-all-people/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/bootsy-collins-15524_boots_we-are-all-human-and-i-want-to-relate-th_2096661.jpg)

> [I wanna keep creating those situations for myself so I don't have to be out front all the time. Then when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-wanna-keep-creating-those-situations-for-myself-so-i-don-t-have-to/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/bootsy-collins-15524_boots_i-wanna-keep-creating-those-situations-f_2915746.jpg)

> [Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/usually-when-i-m-out-doing-stuff-i-m-just-out-in-the-wild-doing-the/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/bootsy-collins-15524_boots_usually-when-i-m-out-doing-stuff-i-m-jus_2917749.jpg)

> [But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/but-i-m-always-trying-to-plan-ahead-too-and-in-doing-so-and-in/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

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> [I wanted to get my recording and become a musician again, work; with other people, do that kind of thing because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-wanted-to-get-my-recording-and-become-a-musician-again-work-with/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

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## Other authors on Boots

## More by Bootsy Collins

> [When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/when-you-re-used-to-playing-with-people-when-you-re-in-a-band-then/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [Just another point of view, I'm just a reflection of you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/just-another-point-of-view-i-m-just-a-reflection-of-you/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [We learn a lot, but the actions we don't put behind those things that we learn and we continue to make the same mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/we-learn-a-lot-but-the-actions-we-don-t-put-behind-those-things-that/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [Once you lose that musician part -not just the playing, I'm talking about musician attitude- then you're lost, man. Especially if you started out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/once-you-lose-that-musician-part-not-just-the-playing-i-m-talking/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [I come equipped with stereophonic funk producin´ disco inducin´ twin magnetic rock receptors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-come-equipped-with-stereophonic-funk-producin-disco-inducin-twin/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [I like being out front, doing what I do, but then I also like playing in a band too. I'd like to do stuff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-like-being-out-front-doing-what-i-do-but-then-i-also-like-playing/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [My brother was very important to me. And he played guitar. So that's what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a guitar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/my-brother-was-very-important-to-me-and-he-played-guitar-so-that-s/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [If you fake the funk, your nose will grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/if-you-fake-the-funk-your-nose-will-grow/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/when-i-was-coming-up-we-weren-t-trying-to-get-a-hit-or-get-paid-we/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [The secret to walkin´ on water is knowing where the rocks are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/the-secret-to-walkin-on-water-is-knowing-where-the-rocks-are/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/well-actually-we-are-working-on-the-live-album-from-the-shows-in/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [I guess some of today's programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-guess-some-of-today-s-programming-has-rubbed-off-on-me-because-i/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [Happiness is a side effect of doing something that has nothing to do with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/happiness-is-a-side-effect-of-doing-something-that-has-nothing-to-do/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [I'd like to have younger people around me and that I'll be involved with them a lot more now, as opposed to me being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-d-like-to-have-younger-people-around-me-and-that-i-ll-be-involved/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

> [Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/catfish-is-not-playing-guitar-no-more-he-s-doing-like-a-home-front/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

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}
```