I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted..

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..

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

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 t….

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

I'm not part of the Hollywood scene. I don't run around with 30 women. I have a very calm household. I'm surrounded by my grandkids and wonderful fri….

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 an….

I'm too old to do crazy things anymore..

I had $20 million in the bank, girls are following me all over the f - place, people call my name everywhere I go. What would I change? And then one ….

I dont have aluminum foil on my windows anymore..

I try to make the audience forget all their problems -- for an hour and a half or so get them out of themselves, and space, and time, and consciousne….

She's the kind you don't take home to mother..

Punk Funk means to be one with yourself. To be rebellious, aggressive, able to do and say what you feel at all times, without inflicting mental or sp….

I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would like take it in turn and beat on me. I was an a….

I love marijuana - Mary Jane - and you can print that! I smoke it every day and it's the greatest thing since ice cream and I'm not afraid to say it..

You and I, we'll be together 'til the six is nine..

I can't hang out as loose as I used to, but I can still go down Jefferson Avenue and look in the faces of winos, pimps and junkies, all the things I'….

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

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

I just live one day at a time..

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..