I Decided To Build Up

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.

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 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 Mean, Rick James Was Just A Man-made Image, The Image I Created. Just Trying To Live Rick James Almost Killed Me.

I'm Trying To Change The Root Of Funk, Trying To Make It More Progressive, More Melodic And More Lyrically Structured.