I Had Always Been A Free Spirit,

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.

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 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.

Anybody That's Old And Closed-minded Does Not Like Rick James... They Don't Like The Fact That I'm Free And I'm Wide Open.

I Don't Try To Hide Sex In My Music. Music Is Very Sexual. I Don't Hide It.