81 Quotes by Bootsy Collins

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    Since Warner Brothers, back in the day, I hadn't never really had nobody that I think that was there, that I kinda felt was working like my right arm.

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    When I play with other people, I always have to approach it differently. It's a give-and-take thing. You have to listen to other people's ideas, and that's a great thing. We've kind of forgotten how to do that.

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    We were just so happy to be playing with James Brown. We wouldn't have dared asked for any writer's credits, we didn't know anything about that.

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    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.

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    Coming from the James Brown school, I had learned a lot of stuff before I got with George. It was from one extreme to the other.

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    That's pretty much what we try to do. Stay with that one instead of following the Jones, I just like to come up with my own stuff.

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    Everyone in the band pretty much knows that whatever they want to do I am there for them, if they need my help or not, I am there for them.

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