The Godfather of Soul - James Brown

I would like to pass on the want to do something. The need is there. Good lyrics are good things, but I would like to pass on that drive, that invigorous undying determination.

"'Funky' is about the injustices, the things that go wrong, the hungry kids going to school trying to learn. 'Funky' is about what it takes to make people move - take it from the gospel, from the jazz."

"Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer."

Do your hair in different styles, make people notice"

"Die on your feet, don't live on your knees."

"I'll never forget who I am, where I came from, where I am today, and who put me here: YOU."

"Killing's out and school's in and we're in bad shape."

"We need to protect the kids by giving them something to do. (It's about) making them interested, making them love mom and dad more, love the family more, love themselves more and love their school. So there won't have to be killing in school."

"We need (people) to come forward to save our country and our kids. I could care less about the record. If you say you're already into that, you can throw the record away. But we've got to save these children. That's what's important"