I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.

In the '60s, you know, you had this -- you'd have, you know, James Brown on the same show with Alan King, and that was -- that made perfect sense, and it still makes perfect sense,

James Brown died owing me $50,000. But I loved James Brown.

When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that.

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

I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.