Rick James
Rick James
Rick Jameswas an American musician, composer and actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFunk Singer
Date of Birth1 February 1948
CityBuffalo, NY
CountryUnited States of America
spiritual pain mean
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 spiritual pain.
roots trying progressive
I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.
girl mother writing
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.
sex crazy kissing
After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll.
drama home kissing
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.
names kind stage
I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground... Kind of sort of.
rich-or-poor cold poor-life
Whether you're rich or poor, life's still cold-blooded.
sex rock-and-roll rocks
You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.
rapper artist sampling
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.
mother people littles
Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.
pimp looks faces
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'm made of.