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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• Rick James:

  I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother wou

• Rick James:

  I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was w

• Rick James:

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

• Rick James:

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

• Rick James:

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

• Rick James:

  I love kids.

• Rick James:

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

• Rick James:

  I went to India, lived, and studied.

• Rick James:

  I love rap.

• Rick James:

  I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like an