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" 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. "

" I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway. "

" I don't have aluminum foil on my windows anymore. "

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

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

" I just live one day at a time. "

" I love kids. "

" I love rap. "

" I'm a long way from Ike Turner. "

" I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me. "

" I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great. "

" I'm really not tailored for responsibility. "

" I'm too old to do crazy things anymore. "

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

" 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. "

" I wanted to play the Apollo because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long. "

" I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry. "

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

" I went to India, lived, and studied. "

" 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. "

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