Rick James Quotes

I get some letters from girls that if their mothers knew what they were writing me in these letters, they'd get their butts whipped.

I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.

You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.

I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.

You can't outdo 'Street Songs' and I didn't even try. [It] had that special magic that comes with timing and good vibrations and you can't even try to capture that exactly again.

Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it all begins.

Whether you're rich or poor, life's still cold-blooded.

KISS hammered home the importance of high drama ... I decided to design my show with the same goal; I wanted my fans to remember my show for the rest of their lives.

I'm a long way from Ike Turner.

If anything I consider myself non-violent, I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.

I just live one day at a time.

I wanted to play the Apollo because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.

I'm really not tailored for responsibility.

Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.

I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground ... Kind of sort of.

I'm in love with mary jane. she's my main thing. she makes me feel alright. she makes my heart sing. and when I'm feeling low, she comes as no suprise. turns me on with her love, takes me to paradiiiiise do you love me mary jane, yeah now do you think you love me mary jane don't you play no game ...

My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.

I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.

I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry.

My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street.

I think the people are just looking for freedom in music ... There's a lot of she-bop she-bop going on out there. Maybe they're tired of that same old thing.

See, I never just did things just to do them. Come on, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and grind my feet on somebody's couch like it's something to do? Come on. I got a little more sense then that.
...Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie's couch.

That girl is pretty kinky, the girl's a super-freak, I'd really like to taste her.

I don't try to hide sex in my music. Music is very sexual. I don't hide it.

Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling ... I'm the most sampled artist in history.

I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.

I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.