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. Bootsy Collins drawendglass share on social
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. Bootsy Collins bandnowadayspeople Change image and share on social
To me, you go through things like that and you learn from it. You add it on to your life, to try to make your life better. Instead of dogging people, learn something from it. And keep stepping. Bootsy Collins adddoglearn Change image and share on social
We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people. Bootsy Collins humanmessagepeople Change image and share on social
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. Bootsy Collins absencecreateessence share on social
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. Bootsy Collins arenabackday Change image and share on social
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. Bootsy Collins dogknuckleheadpeople Change image and share on social
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. Bootsy Collins brothergladguitar share on social
