81 Quotes by Bootsy Collins

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.

I wanna keep creating those situations for myself so I don’t have to be out front all the time. Then when I do have to be out front, I can do it to the max.

Recording wasn’t as important to me as actually being to get on stage and act the fool.

I guess some of today’s programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that together and then setting time around for recording.

I try to bring it across on my record, in my dress, in what I do and what I say because to me humor is important. You should have a dose of that and I guess giving it is what I’m here for.

Once you lose that musician part -not just the playing, I’m talking about musician attitude- then you’re lost, man. Especially if you started out that way. It feels so good to be back, starting from the ground up.

When you’re used to playing with people, when you’re in a band, then you’re used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren’t used to playing with each other because they don’t have to.

Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I’m trying to get that finished.

We learn a lot, but the actions we don’t put behind those things that we learn and we continue to make the same mistakes.