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Rick James [1948-2004] American

Rank: 105
Musician

Rick James was an American musician, composer and actor.
Influenced by singers such as Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson, James started singing in doo-wop and R&B groups as a teenager in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. After entering the U.S.

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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.		101
If anything I consider myself non-violent, I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.	Peace	102
I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.		103
I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.		104
I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.		105
I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history.		106
You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.		107
I love kids.		108
I'm a long way from Ike Turner.		109
I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would 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.		110
I'm really not tailored for responsibility.		111
I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.		112
I don't have aluminum foil on my windows anymore.		113
I just live one day at a time.		114
I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.		115
I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.		116
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.		117
I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.		118
I wanted to play the Apollo because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.		119
I went to India, lived, and studied.		120
I love rap.		121

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