Funk Quotes
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I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use
James Brown -
I love funk and soul and Motown.
Taron Egerton
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I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.
Ritchie Blackmore Blackmore's Night -
[David] Bowie went on to make best-selling music - funk, dance music, electronic music, while also being influenced by cabaret and jazz.
David Bowie -
Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.
Irvine Welsh -
The bottom line with a lot of bands that funk is being applied to is that they don't really listen to funk and aren't versed in funk. Like, you know, Gordon Lightfoot.
Mike D The Beastie Boys -
Question: Why is that MC's be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo...funk that!
Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest -
Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.
Billy Joel
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Funk is the unending cycle of life.
Xenobia Bailey -
Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.
Erykah Badu -
Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed A Tribe Called Quest -
Basically I made her Sara Pocock listen to funk music for a good month, a nonstop stream of George Clinton. I was talking about the art from...if you look at the art from George Clinton albums there are two or three artists he worked with...I made her listen to my album too so all the images are from jokes I made. I wanted it to look like the thoughts that are coming out of my brain which is what comedy is anyway.
Baron Vaughn -
[I listen to] "Uptown Funk", Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress - I listen to that.
Viola Davis -
The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.
David First
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Those Russians. They did worse things when they entered Pomerania than we ever did in Russia.
Walther Funk -
Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky.
David Bowie -
You basically have to play everything (in New Orleans), because you're getting calls to play gigs of all different styles, from classical to R&B to funk; modern jazz to traditional jazz.
Harry Connick, Jr.