Funk Quotes

“The groove is the most important thing. If it doesn't make you want to move your head, then what's the point?”

“Funk is the greasy, smelly, sweaty side of jazz. It's the down-to-earth side of things.”

“Funk is the unending cycle of life. It's the ultimate concept—wherever you go, there you are.”

“For me, it’s all about the groove.”

“You can't fake the funk.”

“Funk is the bass line. It's the foundation.”

“It's all about the 'one.' If you can't find the 'one,' you can't have no fun.”

“What we're trying to do is get this concept of funk not as a music, but as a way of life.”

“I just want to be a telephone wire, a conduit for the funk.”

“Funk is the unending, unstoppable, undeniable, unadulterated, un-put-out-able groove.”

“Funk is the bloodline of my music. It’s the DNA.”

“Funk is the root of all music. It's the blues, it's soul, it's R&B, it's everything.”

“I was the first one to take the new wave stuff and mix it with funk music.”

“Funk is the unending cycle of life. It's the ultimate concept—wherever you go, you'll find the funk.”

“The groove is everything. It's the heartbeat of the music.”

“Funk is the absence of any and everything you can think of, but the surety of just knowing that there's something else out there that you ain't hitting on.”

“We didn't call it 'funk'; we just called it 'music.' Later on, the critics and people started calling it that.”

“Funk is the absence of any and everything you can think of, but the kick of knowing that whatever it is, it's actually you.”

“Funk is making something out of nothing. It's the attitude.”

“The funk is in your blood. If you ain't got it, you ain't got it.”