"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."
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"I don't try to hide sex in my music. Music is very sexual. I don't hide it."
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"I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway."
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"Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it all begins."
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"I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted."
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"I dont have aluminum foil on my windows anymore."
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"I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July."
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"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."
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"If I told you Jesus Christ was black you're going to be afraid of me because I'm telling you the truth. That's where I always come from."
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"I had $20 million in the bank, girls are following me all over the f - place, people call my name everywhere I go. What would I change? And then one day you get onstage and you see two little girls who look like they are 11 years old sticking their tongues out and pulling their bras down and you quit touring. That's what happened to me."
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"I'm good. Or maybe people just like me."
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"I went to India, lived, and studied."
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"When I'm about Rick James, it's all about get out there and kill 'em."
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"I don't think the white establishment will ever respect or appreciate a black man who speaks the truth."
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"I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long."
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"I'm too old to do crazy things anymore."
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"That girl is pretty kinky, the girl's a super-freak, I'd really like to taste her."
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"I think the people are just looking for freedom in music...There's a lot of she-bop she-bop going on out there. Maybe they're tired of that same old thing."
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"I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength."
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"I'm not part of the Hollywood scene. I don't run around with 30 women. I have a very calm household. I'm surrounded by my grandkids and wonderful friends, and I consider myself very lucky."
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