“We never considered ourselves a funk band.” — Philip Bailey Quote

“We never considered ourselves a funk band.”

“When we came up, Clive Davis and other record execs would do anything to keep Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, even Johnny Mathis intact, because they wanted to keep alive a musical legacy. As a result, those artists were able to spend 30 to 40 years in the business and still make a living, still have a fan base.”

“I think that there's certain music that instead of saying a lot of different things that are on my psyche, I just say, 'I've aged out.' Because that is the best way of putting it, because a lot of things I simply don't understand and will not understand and can't see any intrinsic value in.”

“I love funk! That's the music I grew up on.”

“The reason I started dancing in the first place was my dad took me to see 'Bring In 'da Noise, Bring In 'da Funk' when I was 9.”

“I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.”