71 Quotes by George Clinton

When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it.

I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind of alien.

Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some of the other poets. Some of the better rappers can rap real fast without even melodies. It'll get to that same point.

I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've come full circle. I did all kinds of music. I used to work on Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

We're going to get it serviced up and take it out, ... because a lot of people have never seen it, and they need to see it.

It was fun to go back in the day like that, and eventually more (musicians) are going to be down with this. This is going to be big, man, and even radio is going to have some fun with this thing.

I'm sure it's gonna be great, just bringing it all back again, ... I mean, you put this on and you will have a funky party in your house again, and again and again.

The funk's got its own Viagra; it keeps you wide awake,

I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson.