Funky Rhythms Quotes

I'm somebody who listens to a lot of funk, a lot of James Brown, and I want to be somebody who contributes all that energy to the mainstream.

Earth, Wind & Fire was something new. I wanted to bring something innovative to the music. It was out of a desire to create excitement with music that was pleasurable to play and listen to.

When I leave a room, it's gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I'm a soul-funk crusader.

My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.

Everyone wants a love song you can dance to.

It's like James Brown used to say... I don't know, but whatever I play it's got to be funky.

I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys.

When I was first going out to funky events, it was a lovely kind of music to dance to - it had such a nice vibe.

If you got a booty, you're going to dance to disco, funk, you know, whatever's going on. Funk is going to be involved in it.

I'd been listening to some old '70s disco, soul stuff, and I thought, 'Let's go into the studio and do something different. Let's do something that's super unashamedly pop and fun and danceable.' 'Trouble' is what we did. It's something that wrote itself.