Bootsy Collins
Bootsy Collins
William Earl "Bootsy" Collinsis an American musician and singer-songwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFunk Singer
Date of Birth26 October 1951
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
knowing rocks water
The secret to walkin´ on water is knowing where the rocks are.
thinking essence mind
Funk is the absence of any and everything you can think of, but the very essence of all that is. And saying that, I'm saying funk is anything that we create in our minds that we want to do, what we want to be, but we don't have the resources.
fake noses funk
If you fake the funk, your nose will grow.
american-musician both george kinda liked looking needed
When we got with George, he didn't care what was happening. He liked how crazy we were looking and dressing. I kinda liked being with George more so at the time, because George let us do what we wanted to do. But I needed both lessons.
american-musician instead life
To me, you go through things like that and you learn from it. You add it on to your life, to try to make your life better. Instead of dogging people, learn something from it. And keep stepping.
american-musician ball fit glad whatever
It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!
american-musician brash crowd hanging hip older
We were brash young fellows'. I was always hanging with the older crowd anyway. The musicians were the Hip Cats, and I was hanging with them anyway. I Just started out real early.
american-musician care plant wait
You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.
american-musician asked dared happy james playing
We were just so happy to be playing with James Brown. We wouldn't have dared asked for any writer's credits, we didn't know anything about that.
helpful relationship terrific
We had no idea how well-connected he was in the industry. And he has a terrific relationship with Snoop, so that was very helpful as well.
gotta save
Well, you know, anything's possible. We gotta save something for a surprise.
allowed experiment george
George is the doctor. He allowed me to experiment in his lab.