"I think a lot of people misinterpret what I'm doing because they think of it as just a joke or they think of it as disposable."

“I heard the sighing of the reedsAt noontide and at evening,And some old dream I had forgottenI seemed to be remembering.”

“I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.”

“Focusing upon the positive by counting your blessings, or using positive affirmations in the fertile time before you fall asleep is an invitation to both your subconscious mind and your pre-conscious mind to use your dreams as a way to show you insights, solutions and new creative ideas.”

“My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.”

Source : FaceBook post by Rick James from Feb 13, 2017

“The golden rule would be to write a great, authentic song that is well produced and it will find its home. The audience can feel whether or not the artist is being genuine in their music. It's up to the artist to have the courage to reveal their truth through their songs.”

“I suspect anyway that the important things we learn we never remember because they become a part of us, we absorb them...we don't absorb multiplication tables.”

Source : William Alexander Percy (1973). “Lanterns on the Levee; Recollections of a Planter's Son”, p.83, LSU Press

“Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.”

“People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.”