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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: About Came Come Did Dog Down Like Out People Roast Stuff Talk Things Up Way Where You

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Always Anyway Cats Crowd Early Fellows Hanging Hip Just Musicians Older Out Real Started Them Were Young

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You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.

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Topics: Around Care Get Grows Just Plant See Seed Take Take Care Up Wait Water You

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Being Draw End Everybody Glasses Had Idea Looked Me Mirrors Realise School See Star Themselves Up Used Whole Would Youngster

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

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Computer Else Everybody Makes Need Nobody Nobody Else Separates Think You

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: About Air Away Being Even Gas Gas Prices Important Oceans People Prices Realize Room See Stuff Taken Very Worried

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Able Afford Around Back Cartoons Coming Doing Guess Just Like Lot Now Open Play Road Shows Thing Things Tours Trying Up Us Videos Way Were

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Album Always Doing Hope Involved Lot Met People Plan Records Situations Too Trying Working Ahead

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Around Been Before Business Catfish Doing Enough Got Guess Guitar Had Had Enough He Like More Playing Ten Ten Years Thing Years

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Around Because Find Guess Having Me Myself Off Programming Putting Recording Set Setting Some Then Time Today Together Touring

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 26th, 1951

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