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
july looks persona
I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.
responsibility tailored
I'm really not tailored for responsibility.
space trying half
I try to make the audience forget all their problems -- for an hour and a half or so get them out of themselves, and space, and time, and consciousness.
marijuana ice mary-jane
I love marijuana - Mary Jane - and you can print that! I smoke it every day and it's the greatest thing since ice cream and I'm not afraid to say it.
done warm my-time
Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it all begins.
locked
I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.
long way turner
I'm a long way from Ike Turner.
india
I went to India, lived, and studied.
stage funk
Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time.
free-spirit spirit wanted
I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted.
friendship mother home
She's the kind you don't take home to mother.
ems
When I'm about Rick James, it's all about get out there and kill 'em.
song magic trying
You can't outdo 'Street Songs' and I didn’t even try. [It] had that special magic that comes with timing and good vibrations and you can't even try to capture that exactly again.
mean men trying
I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.