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
creative-space boots stuff
Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance to just chill out until I come here, in my creative space.
ocean taken air
It's very important that people realize: the air is being taken away, the oceans are being taken away, the room is being taken away, but we're so worried about gas prices that we don't even see this stuff.
thinking two way
Nowadays, it's like two different arenas, recording and touring. When I started way back in the day, doing both was nothing, you didn't have to think about it, the road and recording.
real cat crowds
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.
play trying cartoon
But by us doing a lot on the road, we were able to afford things like videos on the tours, cartoons that we'd open up the shows with. We were doing that way back when and now it's the hippest thing to do. We're just coming back around, I guess trying to play catch-up.
thinking smartphones make-you-think
The smartphones and the computer separates everybody, makes you think that you don't need nobody else.
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.
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.
knowing rocks water
The secret to walkin´ on water is knowing where the rocks are.
stars school mirrors
I used to draw stickmen with star glasses when I was at school. I didn't realise that would end up being me! The whole idea was that the glasses had mirrors, and if a youngster looked at me, they'd see themselves. Everybody is a star.
daughter mother father
Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the devil? He is still someone's Father, his name has been changed, but his story is the same. Why hate when we should Celebrate. In this world of two's, you got the Mourning Son, and the Daughter of the Night. They both equal light once you make it through the night. Now, wake the funk up!
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.