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
teacher said entertainers
My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.
one-day four-agreements just-live
I just live one day at a time.
musical buffalo band
I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.
rap fiction honest
My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street.
sex trying music-is
I don't try to hide sex in my music. Music is very sexual. I don't hide it.
aluminum aluminum-foil window
I dont have aluminum foil on my windows anymore.
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.
facts doe closed-minded
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.
tired thinking old-things
I think the people are just looking for freedom in music...There's a lot of she-bop she-bop going on out there. Maybe they're tired of that same old thing.
army want
I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.
thinking play long
I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.
song enough feels
I feel that I have to say something in a song and that it's not just enough to lay down the music.
eras violent peace-love
If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.
roots trying progressive
I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.