"I'm trying to change the root of funk,……" — Rick James

"I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured."

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55 Quotes by Rick James

Rick James has 55 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.
After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of…
I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother…
Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it…
My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.
I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground... Kind of…
Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time.
I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted.
I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.
Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa…
Punk Funk means to be one with yourself. To be rebellious, aggressive, able to do and say what you feel…
If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.

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More Change Quotes

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Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from… — Billie Joe Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in… — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our… — David Attenborough
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also… — David Attenborough
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. — Dean Acheson
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius

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