Lionel Richie

Listen, man, I hung out with P-Funk, okay?

It's Parliament Funkadelics.

I mean, you know, when you...

When you're in Rick James, I mean, come on, guys.

That's the class.

I would say from 70...

70 to probably 75 was like everybody's going to die or everybody's going to live through it.

You know what I'm saying?

This was in L.A.

or were we in New York?

It's across the country, L.A., New York.

We were all touring.

But the only guys that didn't make it till late was the Commodores.

P-Funk was already in motion three years before we made it.

And so, you know, Bootsy Collins, I mean, think about this.

This is an era where, you know, to get the phone call and say, I'm sorry, this so-and-so died, that was everyday occurrence.

You know, but at the same time, you know, you ask the question, how did I get through it?

You know, it's just the fear of dying, you know, because that's what's at the other end of everything you want to try there.

But it was such an amazing period because you got a chance to see

either what you want to do or what you shouldn't do or, you know, because what's the end result?