I was already playing the clarinet and the piano. My father's a piano player. But I wanted to play in a funk… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use — James Brown Copy Share Image
I enjoy creating all types of music and I take inspiration from everything around me. Its not about trends or what’s fashionably… — Miguel Migs Copy Share Image
The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk. — Andre Benjamin Copy Share Image
Am I one part R&B? Sure, but I'm also part soulful, and I'm old school funk, I'm pop, I'm rock, I'm hip… — Kevin michael Copy Share Image
It's easy to fall into a funk and not want to exercise, or to really want that second piece of chocolate cake.… — JoJo Copy Share Image
Funk is fun. And it's also a state of mind, ... But it's all the ramifications of that state of mind. Once… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk… — Ikue Mori Copy Share Image
For about three or four years, I was in a lot more physical pain and stress than anybody knew. When I would… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I tried to sing 'What's Going On' with Amy Winehouse once at an old cinema in the West End. There was a… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations. — David First Copy Share Image
I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on. — Miguel Copy Share Image
I think underneath it all [in the Big Funk] was a little bit of a Europeanness in it. — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
But the idea of taking things and mixing them together is what I do in my music. I take hip-hop, R&B, pop,… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
I've determined my style - I like to call it elegant funk. You'll see me in some really beautiful gowns but I'll… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
I started playing with this band, the Polyester Players. It was my introduction into funk. So I went and got a James… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Terry Funk. Any time I got to wrestle with him, it was cool. Superstar Billy Graham was another one. — Dusty Rhodes Copy Share Image
You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk Band. Until… — Colin Mochrie Copy Share Image
I think in everything we did, there's a sense of tension and a sense of things pulling in a different way. It's… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
Grime is a particular style of music. You've got electro, funk and garage; grime is its darker side. It's constantly evolving. — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image