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When I hear music that parent...

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.

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Disco is funky when you take ...

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 24 quotes

Absorb youth and you will be ...

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.

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Whoever controls the flow of ...

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

George Clinton 24 quotes

I worked in a barbershop. I u...

I worked in a barbershop. I used to make the waves in the brother's hair, you know? Like, Nat King Cole, Sugar Ray Robinson.

George Clinton 24 quotes

If you got a booty, you're go...

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.

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Hip-hop is getting to the poi...

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.

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Pay attention to them kids, d...

Pay attention to them kids, don't let your feelings be hurt because they taking your place. They supposed to. But if you wanna stay around with them, you ain't got to copy 'em. Just get the ones that's real young, too young to even be copying yet, because you know they gonna be the next thing.

George Clinton 24 quotes

I save all the energy until I...

I save all the energy until I get on the stage and then I have a burst of energy and look like I've been jamming all day long. But other than that, I'm a granddad, great granddad.

George Clinton 24 quotes

You can rebel against everyth...

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 24 quotes

Once you reach a certain age ...

Once you reach a certain age with radio stations, you've got to be an oldie but a goodie. If you wanna do something new, you've got to find a new way to present it to people.

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I was at the Apollo Theater a...

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.

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I always try to find the kids...

I always try to find the kids that's getting on your nerves - because your instinct let you know they pushing you out the way, you getting old. And you don't let that bother you, have fun! You ain't got to hang out with them, but you can work with them.

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Record companies would rather...

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.

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A few people thought I was Bi...

A few people thought I was Bill Clinton, because of the name. I've never complained. Just the fact that you recognise me is enough. Even if you think I'm Chaka Khan.

George Clinton 24 quotes

The words I use too often are...

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

George Clinton 24 quotes

My mother gave me the discipl...

My mother gave me the discipline to follow my dreams. You know: you can do what you want as long as you put your back into it. Just keep ploughing away.

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Once you get to 22 or 23, you...

Once you get to 22 or 23, you're already old school. It's the bubblegum ones that buy records, have fun, party. You get older, you get sophisticated, and you don't go buy no records too much.

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I'd bite off the Beatles, or ...

I'd bite off the Beatles, or anybody else. It's all one world, one planet and one groove. You're supposed to learn from each other, blend from each other, and it moves around like that.

George Clinton 24 quotes

And I always say, when Southe...

And I always say, when Southern people get on the dance floor, they ain't getting off.

George Clinton 24 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....