George Clinton Quotes

• The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

  George Clinton

  Effects

  "Song: 'P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)'". 1975.

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• Free your mind and your ass will follow

  George Clinton

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  George Clinton (2014). “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?: A Memoir”, p.360, Simon and Schuster

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• Look both ways before you cross my mind.

  George Clinton

  Mind, Looks, Way

  "Song: 'Wesley's Theory' ('To Pimp a Butterfly')". 2015.

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• Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.

  George Clinton

  Destiny, Perspective, Perception

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• Think! It ain't illegal 'yet.'

  George Clinton

  Thinking, Illegal

  George Clinton (2014). “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?: A Memoir”, p.363, Simon and Schuster

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• Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth. Take on new influences without fear and you need not fear what is new. Change the people around you by changing the people around you.

  George Clinton

  People, Needs, Youth

  George Clinton (2014). “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?: A Memoir”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• Funk 'em, just to see the look on their face.

  George Clinton

  Interesting, Looks, Ems

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• Funk is fun. And it's also a state of mind, ... But it's all the ramifications of that state of mind. Once you've done the best you can, funk it!

  George Clinton

  Fun, Mind, Done

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• Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.

  George Clinton

  Style, Want, Can Do

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• Why must I feel like that? Why must I chase the cat?

  George Clinton

  Cat, Feels

  Song: Atomic Dog, Album: Computer Games

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• Just gimme some stage. I'll make my own way once I get there.

  George Clinton

  Way, Stage, My Own

  "Brainfeeder at the Bowl: A roundtable discussion with George Clinton, Flying Lotus and Thundercat". Interview with Mikael Wood, www.latimes.com. September 16, 2016.

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• Disco is funky when you take one record at a time. It's just that they narrowed it down to one beat to try to corner the market on a particular music. And when you do that with rhythm - talk about something that will get on your nerves. Try to make love with one stroke. Somebody will tell you to fax it in.

  George Clinton

  Making Love, Trying, Fax

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• The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill.

  George Clinton

  Pills, Headache, Bigger

  Song: Bop Gun

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• I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind of alien.

  George Clinton

  Religious, Mean, Thinking

  "The extraterrestrial brother: George Clinton on time, space, and funk". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. February 12, 2010.

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• When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it.

  George Clinton

  Hate, Rap, People

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• It's the easiest way to stay in the game: By helping the younger kids, they're gonna preach for you.

  George Clinton

  Kids, Games, Way

  "Brainfeeder at the Bowl: A roundtable discussion with George Clinton, Flying Lotus and Thundercat". Interview with Mikael Wood, www.latimes.com. September 16, 2016.

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• Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off or get you out of the way in five years to make way for the new groups.

  George Clinton

  Rip, Thinking, Years

  "George Clinton: 'Even now the music scares us sometimes' - a classic interview from the vaults". NME Interview, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2012.

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• 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

  Real, Rap, Hip Hop

  "The extraterrestrial brother: George Clinton on time, space, and funk". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. February 12, 2010.

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• I'm always surprised that I'm still around funk and that people are still into it.

  George Clinton

  People, Funk, Stills

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• I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've come full circle. I did all kinds of music. I used to work on Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

  George Clinton

  School, Circles, Tin Pan Alley

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• 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.

  George Clinton

  Booty, Funk, Disco

  "Not My Job: We Quiz Funk Legend George Clinton On The British Parliament". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. January 24, 2015.

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• I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming.

  George Clinton

  Kids, Style, Way

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• 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

  Hate, Parent, Rebel

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• The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.

  George Clinton

  Men, Talking, Use

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• 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 Up, Heart, School

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