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
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.
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.
art rap thinking
I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.
ask change customers cut green hair people trying walking whatever white
I have some white customers but not as many as I'd like. I think some people feel intimidated walking into a barbershop like this, but I'm trying to change that. When people come in here and they ask 'do you cut white folks' hair?' I always say I cut hair period. Of all colors, white, green blue, whatever you got.
I wanted to play the Apollo because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.
mother children father
I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would like take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry.
crazy crazy-things
I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.
mother people littles
Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.