48 Funk Quotes for You to Enjoy

Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice. Aaron Neville

Strong Pressure Band Own Solo Brothers My Own Voice Both Put Loud Working Choose Now Play Thing Funk Save

The tapes we were making would jump around with different styles, just quick parts of different songs. Hip-hop to jazz to funk to whatever else. And in a way, 'Check Your Head' ended up being like one of those pause-tapes. Ad-Rock

Whatever Jazz Else Way Those Would Songs Head Check Like Parts Around Styles Making Hip-Hop Were Tapes Up Jump Quick Ended Just Being Different Your Different Styles Funk

All music is dance music. But when people think of dance music, they think of techno or just house. Anything you can dance to is dance music. I don't care if it's classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it's all dance music. Afrika Bambaataa

Music You People Care Dance Think Dance Music Classical House dont Care Just Anything Reggae Techno Funk

There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records. Afrika Bambaataa

When I started playing the bass, I became kind of fascinated by it and started investigating various styles of bass playing, and I was really struck with funk music, mainly American funk music - Stanley Clarke, Funkadelic and that kind of stuff. That comes out in a couple of songs like 'Barbarism Begins at Home.' Andy Rourke

Music Home Bass Out Kind Clarke Struck Various Investigating Songs Mainly Stuff Like Couple Became Styles Begins American Barbarism Really Fascinated Stanley Started Playing Funk

Funk is part of who I am. Anitta

Part Am Who Funk

Before I read 'Twilight,' I was in a reading funk. This series brought back my love and obsession for reading. Anna Todd

Love Reading Before Back Brought Obsession Read Series Twilight Funk

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

Stepped Footprints Because Leave Wherever Room Gonna Funk

Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that. Chad Smith

School Old Stuff Like Flea Old School Funk

When you scratch the soul of hip-hop, you find R&B and funk but also reggae. Cheo Hodari Coker

You Soul Find Also Hip-Hop Scratch Reggae Funk

Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky. David Bowie

Myself Think Considered Never Anything Funk Funky

I was a huge fan of '90s hip-hop, and a lot of what they got their music from was funk and soul records. They just, like, take a clip of that and rap over it because, you know, that was just kind of what was up. GRiZ

No matter what happens with EDM, I would like to go to New Orleans and just play with one of those small funk bands in an intimate venue. How cool would it be to work with a band with those huge horn lines and produce all of that great funk that makes you just want to party? GRiZ

Work Great You Matter Party Band Intimate Those Would Horn Small New Like Venue Makes How Go Lines New Orleans Huge Bands Just Want Happens Produce Cool Play Orleans Funk

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

People Around Always Still Surprised Funk

Styles move too fast to be partial to anything. If it's funk, that's enough for me. I don't care how fast or slow it is. I got my grandkids up front rapping and doing the new thing. They're teaching each other, bringing us up to date. George Clinton

Me Care Slow Too Other Enough Rapping Date Partial New Styles Got How Doing Up Up-To-Date dont Care New Thing Front Move Anything Grandkids Us Teaching Each Fast Thing Bringing Funk

When I was coming up, a lot of serious jazz players couldn't stand funk. James McBride

Jazz Coming Lot Up Stand Serious Players Funk

Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk. Jeff Goodell

Change Risks Words Nation Pulpit President President Obama Unlikely Collapse Has-Been Obama Catastrophic Since Trade Climate Climate Change Been Bully Legislation Movement Again Inaction Public Cap Realization Much Use Less Prepare Ever Utter Funk

But the idea of taking things and mixing them together is what I do in my music. I take hip-hop, R&B, pop, dance, funk and soul and mix it all together to get my own sound. Jennifer Lopez

Music Soul Together Dance Own My Own Take Taking Idea Sound Hip-Hop Mix Mixing Get Them Pop Things Funk

Every single place that's brushed upon me has made me the artist that I am - from Nigerian Highlife music and the vocal melodies that I grew up on when I would be sitting with my father and his fellow chiefs, to the funk and freeness of the Bay Area groove, to L.A.'s smooth G-funk legacy, Brooklyn's lyricism, and now Atlanta's trap history. Jidenna

Music Me History Father Made Single Every Melodies Bay Bay Area Would Would-Be Brooklyn Atlanta Vocal Area Fellow Smooth Am His Up Legacy Chiefs Sitting Artist Grew Place Groove Trap Now Nigerian Funk

It's easy to fall into a funk and not want to exercise, or to really want that second piece of chocolate cake. I have to say, I fight against those feelings all year. But I try not to let myself sit in a rut like that. JoJo

I've always liked funk and rock and everything. John Otto

Everything Liked Rock Always Funk

When I do uptempo songs, I like to bring in the funk and world music and different elements. Judith Hill

Music World Songs Like Different Different Elements Elements World Music Bring Funk

I started playing with this band, the Polyester Players. It was my introduction into funk. So I went and got a James Brown record. 'Black Caesar' is a film score, but it's so dope. Kamasi Washington

Black Band Dope Introduction Record Brown Caesar Got Score James James Brown Polyester Film Players Started Playing Funk

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