83 Quotes by Rick James

After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll.

If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.

I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.

I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.

I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.

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.

You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.

I just live one day at a time.

I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted.