I like being out front, doing what I do, but then I also like playing in a band too. I’d like to do stuff like I did with Deee-lite. I went out and played with them and they were the stars, that was cool.
BOOTSY COLLINSYou have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you cant just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.
More Bootsy Collins Quotes
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We are the greatest computers in this world, but now we’ve created the smart phone which is smarter than us now, but we’re still making dumb decisions.
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My brother was very important to me. And he played guitar. So that’s what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a guitar player. So he was the first one to inspire me to do something with my life. And I was so glad that he was there.
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I wanna keep creating those situations for myself so I don’t have to be out front all the time. Then when I do have to be out front, I can do it to the max.
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Recording wasn’t as important to me as actually being to get on stage and act the fool.
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I guess some of today’s programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that together and then setting time around for recording.
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Skid marks all across my brain, cause you’re leaving me with so much pain. I was pretty sure that you could be the one, now it is evident that it was hit and run.
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We have given our creations more power than we have, and that to me is dumb.
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You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you cant just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.
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The smartphones and the computer separates everybody, makes you think that you don’t need nobody else.
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I’d like to have younger people around me and that I’ll be involved with them a lot more now, as opposed to me being the main focal point.
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I used to draw stickmen with star glasses when I was at school. I didn’t realise that would end up being me! The whole idea was that the glasses had mirrors, and if a youngster looked at me, they’d see themselves. Everybody is a star.
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It’s very important that people realize: the air is being taken away, the oceans are being taken away, the room is being taken away, but we’re so worried about gas prices that we don’t even see this stuff.
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I try to bring it across on my record, in my dress, in what I do and what I say because to me humor is important. You should have a dose of that and I guess giving it is what I’m here for.
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Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I’m trying to get that finished.
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I wanted to get my recording and become a musician again, work; with other people, do that kind of thing because I kind of got away from that for a while once we started happening, you know, selling records, sold out concerts.
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