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

-- Rick James

#Roots Quotes #Trying Quotes #Progressive Quotes

“People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.”
“Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.”
“Two people may have one sensitivity, one action, one reaction and one feeling; it doesn't matter how much time and distance they have between themselves-that is the state of ultimate love.”
“The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.”
“Tender words we spoke to one another are sealed in the secret vaults of heaven. One day like rain, they will fall to earth and grow green all over the world.”
“I am suspicious of what people might want from me. Do they like me, or my money?”
“Speech is the mirror of the soul.”
“I think that the desire to be cruel and to hurt (with words because any other way might be dangerous to ourself) is part of human nature. Parties are battles (most parties), a conversation is a duel (often). Everybody's trying to hurt first, to get in the dig that will make him or her feel superior, feel triumph.”

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