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Bootsy Collins, born on October 26, 1951, is an American musician renowned for his contributions to the funk music genre. He is a talented bassist and music producer, whose work has left a lasting impact on funk music. Collins collaborated with Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and 1980s, contributing bass lines and songwriting to many of the band's hit songs.

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Famous Bootsy Collins Quotes

“Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the devil? He is still someone's Father, his name has been changed, but his story is the same. Why hate when we should Celebrate. In this world of two's, you got the Mourning Son, and the Daughter of the Night. They both equal light once you make it through the night. Now, wake the funk up!”

Ifs Knows World Should Doe Has Beens Said Stills Two Stories Light Mother Night Hate Father Names Voice This World Changed Son Honor Equal Daughter Devil Celebrate Mourning What If Funk

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“We learn a lot, but the actions we don't put behind those things that we learn and we continue to make the same mistakes.”

Action Behinds Mistake Same Mistakes

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“During the course of the day, I write things down, things I don't do anything with. Then, when I get ready to start recording, I just look through my books and I see if I can find something that stands out. That's how I come up with the off-the-wall-kinda-strange-indirect-stuff.”

Ifs Writing Looks I Can Book Courses Stuff Strange Ready Wall Come Up Standing Out Indirect Off The Wall

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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.”

People Involved Focal Point

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“Once you lose that musician part -not just the playing, I'm talking about musician attitude- then you're lost, man. Especially if you started out that way. It feels so good to be back, starting from the ground up.”

Ifs Men Way Feels Lost Loses Attitude Talking Musician Starting

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“Recording wasn't as important to me as actually being to get on stage and act the fool.”

Important Stage Fool

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“We were brash young fellows. I was always hanging with the older crowd anyway. The musicians were the Hip Cats, and I was hanging with them anyway. I Just started out real early.”

Real Young Musician Cat Fellows Crowds Hips Brash

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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.”

Ifs Care Grows Waiting Water Plant Take Care Seeds Get Up Boots Cant

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“If you fake the funk, your nose will grow.”

Ifs Funny Song Grows Music Noses Fake Funk Genres Of Music

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“There's a magical layer of love that's laced, designed to take us to a higher place.”

Inspirational Higher Layers

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“Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I got in it, so I guess he's had enough of it.”

Years Enough Home Fronts Ten Guitar Had Enough Playing Guitar Catfish

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“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.”

Stars Stuff Fronts Band

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“We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.”

People Want Humans Messages Relate Boots

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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.”

Trying Wells Shows Albums Finished Japan Boots

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“I've thought maybe of getting younger artists out doing stuff, like I used to do a lot of. I don't wanna do it day in and day out like I used to, but I still wanna do it.”

Stills Used Artist Stuff Boots

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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.”

I Can Can Do Situation Fronts Creating Boots Max I Can Do It

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“A roast is like a get-together where people come down and talk about you and dog you out, the way you came up, the knucklehead things that you did, stuff like that.”

People Way Together Stuff Dog Down And Boots Get Together Knuckleheads

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“Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance to just chill out until I come here, in my creative space.”

Stuff Chance Space Creative Boots Chill Wild Things Creative Space

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“But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot people that I hope to be involved with, on their records and in their situations.”

People Trying Situation Records Plans Involved Mets Albums Boots Always Trying

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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.”

People Knows Kind Wanted Records Musician Happenings Selling Concerts Boots Sold Out

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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.”

Giving Should Trying Important Records Should Have Dresses Dose

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“When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality.”

Trying Paid Originality

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“But by us doing a lot on the road, we were able to afford things like videos on the tours, cartoons that we'd open up the shows with. We were doing that way back when and now it's the hippest thing to do. We're just coming back around, I guess trying to play catch-up.”

Way Trying Play Shows Able Video Things To Do Cartoon Coming Back Back When Way Back When

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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.”

Today Together Setting Settings Programming Touring

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“Nowadays, it's like two different arenas, recording and touring. When I started way back in the day, doing both was nothing, you didn't have to think about it, the road and recording.”

Thinking Way Two Different Arena Touring Back In The Day

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“When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used to playing with each other because they don't have to.”

People Used Band

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“Yeah, because what it all boils down to is at the end of the day, we are all riding on the same boat and we have to learn how to deal with each other. I think that the music and what we do in our actions is what can kind of bring us together, hopefully.”

Thinking Kind Ends Action Together Deals Yeah Boat Hopefully The End Of The Day Riding Our Actions

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“The smartphones and the computer separates everybody, makes you think that you don't need nobody else.”

Thinking Needs Computer Make You Think Smartphones

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“Funk is the absence of any and everything you can think of, but the very essence of all that is. And saying that, I'm saying funk is anything that we create in our minds that we want to do, what we want to be, but we don't have the resources.”

Thinking Want Mind Resources Essence Absence Funk

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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.”

Ifs Ideas Ends Whole School Used Stars Draws Mirrors Glasses Realising Being Me Youngsters

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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.”

People Important Stuff Realizing Rooms Taken Air Ocean Worried Gas Gas Prices

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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.”

Firsts Important Wanted Player Inspire Brother Guitar Glad My Brother Guitar Player

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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. We have given our creations more power than we have, and that to me is dumb.”

World Stills Given Decision Creation This World Computer Smart Phones Dumb Smarter Dumb Decisions

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“Just another point of view, I'm just a reflection of you.”

Art Views Media Reflection Entertainment Point Of View

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“Where´s my leadin´ lady? Let me try this new love scene on you, baby.”

Trying Art Media Baby Scene Let Me Entertainment

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“The secret to walkin´ on water is knowing where the rocks are.”

Water Secret Knowing Rocks Adages Walking On Water

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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.”

Running Pain Causes Brain Mark Leaving Rejection Evident Leaving Me

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“Sacred spirit of love, fall down on me from above.”

Spirit Religion Fall Religious Sacred Falling In Love Falling Down

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“Happiness is a side effect of doing something that has nothing to do with it.”

Philosophy Sides Effects Side Effects

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“I come equipped with stereophonic funk producin´ disco inducin´ twin magnetic rock receptors.”

Rocks Twins Rock And Roll Magnetic Disco Funk

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About the Author

Born: October 26, 1951
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 40

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