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William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician and singer-songwriter.

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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.

Albums, Always Trying, Met, People, Records

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.

Brother, Guitar, Life, Played, Player

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.

Attitude, Lose, Men, Talking

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.

Brash, Cat, Fellows, Hip, Musician, Real

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.

Air, Ocean, Oceans, People, Room, Taken

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

Effect, Happiness, Philosophy, Side, Side Effects, Sides

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.

Day, Deal, Down, The End Of The Day, Thinking, Together

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.

Guess, Setting, Today, Together, Touring

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.

Glasses, Idea, School, Star, Stars

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.

Arenas, Different, Think, Thinking, Two, Way

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.

Band, Cool, Front, Stars, Stuff

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!

Changed, Daughter, Father, Make, Mother

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

Come, Disco, Rock And Roll, Rocks, Twin, Twins

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.

Come, Dog, Knucklehead, People, Roast, Together

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

Art, Baby, Lady, Leadin, Media, Scene

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.

Band, People, Playing, Used

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.

Become, Boots, Kind, Musician, People

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.

Dress, Giving, Guess, Important, Should Have

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.

Boots, Chill, Creative Space, Stuff, Usually

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.

Originality, Paid, Recognized, Thing, Trying

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