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
people boots records
I wanted to get my recording and become a musician again, work; with other people, do that kind of thing because I kind of got away from that for a while once we started happening, you know, selling records, sold out concerts.
people want messages
We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.
always-trying people boots
But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot people that I hope to be involved with, on their records and in their situations.
people band used
When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used to playing with each other because they don't have to.
dog people together
A roast is like a get-together where people come down and talk about you and dog you out, the way you came up, the knucklehead things that you did, stuff like that.
people focal-point involved
I'd like to have younger people around me and that I'll be involved with them a lot more now, as opposed to me being the main focal point.
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Everyone in the band pretty much knows that whatever they want to do I am there for them, if they need my help or not, I am there for them.
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Coming from the James Brown school, I had learned a lot of stuff before I got with George. It was from one extreme to the other.
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Since Warner Brothers, back in the day, I hadn't never really had nobody that I think that was there, that I kinda felt was working like my right arm.
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That's pretty much what we try to do. Stay with that one instead of following the Jones, I just like to come up with my own stuff.
allowed experiment george
George is the doctor. He allowed me to experiment in his lab.
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.
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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.
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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.