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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Actually Album Finished Get Japan Live Shows Trying Well Working

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Coming Get Hit Just Only Originality Our Paid Really Recognized The Only Thing Thing Trying Up Were

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When we got with George, he didn't care what was happening. He liked how crazy we were looking and dressing. I kinda liked being with George more so at the time, because George let us do what we wanted to do. But I needed both lessons.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Because Being Both Care Crazy Dressing George Got Happening He How Kinda Lessons Let Us Liked Looking More Needed Time Us Wanted Were

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Band Because Each Nowadays Other People Playing Then Used You

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Actions Because Boat Boils Bring Day Deal Down Each End End Of The Day Hopefully How Kind Learn Music Other Our Riding Same Think Together Us Yeah I Think

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Absence Any Anything Create Essence Everything Funk Minds Our Resources Saying Think Very Want You

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Brother First First One Glad Guitar Guitar Player He Important Inspire Life Me My Life Played Player Something Very Wanted

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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.

~Bootsy Collins

Topics: Computers Created Creations Decisions Dumb Given Greatest Making Me More More Power Now Our Phone Power Smart Smarter Still Than Us Which World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 26th, 1951

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