Parental Advisory Quotes

I resent the fact that a parental warning sticker has to be included on an album as cover art. To me that's censorship.

I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.

I never understood why movies don't have to be as responsible, or the responsibility stops with Rated R. I feel like music, you gotta - you put the sticker on it, you make the clean version, then you're explaining yourself, and then you have to do charities to offset what you just said. No one else has to do this!

Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song - or as he says, 'putting some balls into it' - isn't bad, it's just strong emotion. Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did.

Parental Discretion is advised, but will be completely f*n, ignored

We take the R-rating on a case by case basis when the story warrants it and necessitate that rating, and shouldn't be hemmed by the rules of PG or PG-13.

I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.

I don't want my album coming out with a 'G' rating. Nobody would buy it.

To me, the thing about anime is that it's so adult-oriented. I remember going to Suncoast growing up, and you see 'Akira' there with the little 'Not for Kids' sticker on it. That always made an impact on me.

I grew up listening to 2 Live Crew and NWA and I never went out and shot nobody.

Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made for them to carry.

On my albums, it's as though the parental advisory is built in.

Rap is supposed to scare soccer moms.

I got a naughty thrill out of listening to music that was that dirty, especially being that young and able to listen to it around my parents. Kids would come over to my house to listen to Too $hort records.

I just always play these really extreme characters - they've all come with parental guidance stickers on them.

I don't want my kid to hear any of the albums that I've made.

No matter how I do this, my best songs have profanity in them.