Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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.
Rick James
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Rick James
Age: 56 †
Born: 1948
Born: February 1
Died: 2004
Died: August 6
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Buffalo
New York
Johnson
James Ambrose
Jr.
James Ambrose Johnson
Jr.
James A. Johnson
Form
Think
Thinking
Like
Misuse
World
Rap
Definitely
Art
Place
More quotes by Rick James
I didn't even think I would make it that long. I thought I would drug overdose, like Jimi Hendrix. I thank God every day to even be here.
Rick James
I'm good. Or maybe people just like me.
Rick James
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.
Rick James
I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.
Rick James
She's the kind you don't take home to mother.
Rick James
I went to India, lived, and studied.
Rick James
I try to make the audience forget all their problems -- for an hour and a half or so get them out of themselves, and space, and time, and consciousness.
Rick James
I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.
Rick James
That girl is pretty kinky, the girl's a super-freak, I'd really like to taste her.
Rick James
I can't hang out as loose as I used to, but I can still go down Jefferson Avenue and look in the faces of winos, pimps and junkies, all the things I'm made of.
Rick James
You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.
Rick James
You can't outdo 'Street Songs' and I didn’t even try. [It] had that special magic that comes with timing and good vibrations and you can't even try to capture that exactly again.
Rick James
I'm in love with mary jane. she's my main thing. she makes me feel alright. she makes my heart sing. and when I'm feeling low, she comes as no suprise. turns me on with her love, takes me to paradiiiiise do you love me mary jane, yeah now do you think you love me mary jane don't you play no game.
Rick James
My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.
Rick James
When I'm about Rick James, it's all about get out there and kill 'em.
Rick James
I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.
Rick James
I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.
Rick James
Whether you're rich or poor, life's still cold-blooded.
Rick James
I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July.
Rick James
I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would like 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.
Rick James
