Just gimme some stage. I'll make my own way once I get there. George Clinton More Quotes by George Clinton More Quotes From George Clinton You can rebel against everything adults say. When I want to find out what the new music is, I find out what parents hate. George Clinton rebelhateparent I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming. George Clinton stylekidsway Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some of the other poets. Some of the better rappers can rap real fast without even melodies. It'll get to that same point. George Clinton raphip-hopreal I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson. George Clinton growing-upheartschool My ability has always been to walk out on the stage and see the audience and figure out what they wanna hear. George Clinton abilitystagefigures I worked in a barbershop. I used to make the waves in the brother's hair, you know? Like, Nat King Cole, Sugar Ray Robinson. George Clinton brotherkingshair Even though I loved the Fifties doo-wop, you couldn't hold on to it. You had to change, or you was gon' be antique real quick, like the Ink Spots. And then we were at Motown and you had the Rolling Stones, simple rock & roll became the new thing. George Clinton lovedyouchangesimple If you got maggots in your brain, everything you think is gonna be rotten. George Clinton yourthinkyoubrain If some people don't like funk music then it's just the wrong time for them. They will get it. It's addictive. George Clinton some-peoplemusictimepeople I'd bite off the Beatles, or anybody else. It's all one world, one planet and one groove. You're supposed to learn from each other, blend from each other, and it moves around like that. George Clinton learnlikeyouworld My mother gave me the discipline to follow my dreams. You know: you can do what you want as long as you put your back into it. Just keep ploughing away. George Clinton dreamsmeyoumother When I'm just tryna funk, it's gonna be the Staple Singers, man - Pop Staples. And Ray Charles. Ray could take 'Eleanor Rigby' and make that funky. George Clinton makejusttakeman The key to looking good in a cape is the way you take it off. You should look like those sword-fighting people, the Three Musketeers. Taking it off, swinging it, that's what makes it cool. George Clinton goodcoolyoupeople A few people thought I was Bill Clinton, because of the name. I've never complained. Just the fact that you recognise me is enough. Even if you think I'm Chaka Khan. George Clinton namemeyoupeople So I usually call the songs when I get on the stage, according to what the crowd feels like to me. I can jump from 50 years ago to right up to now, and people will be familiar with the songs. And since we never do them the same way, it's a new experience. George Clinton meexperiencepeopleway The Mothership is in the Smithsonian now. That's probably one of the biggest displays there. George Clinton biggestnowsmithsonian Once you reach a certain age with radio stations, you've got to be an oldie but a goodie. If you wanna do something new, you've got to find a new way to present it to people. George Clinton youagepeopleway I save all the energy until I get on the stage and then I have a burst of energy and look like I've been jamming all day long. But other than that, I'm a granddad, great granddad. George Clinton daygreatlooklong I feel lucky and blessed that I got away with the things that I did do. But there's got to be an easier way to do that. I guess people have to go through whatever their time requires them to go through and if they can see it as inspiration, you know, fine. But I'm not taking no blame for it. George Clinton youblessedtimepeople I came in after the Smokey Robinsons, Temptations, Clovers, and Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters. I came along at that level, when there was harmonizing. George Clinton alongi-cameafterlevel
