I'm a long way from Ike Turner.

I'm really not tailored for responsibility.

I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history.

I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.

If anything I consider myself non-violent, I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.