George Clinton Quotes
If you got maggots in your brain, everything you think is gonna be rotten.
Clinton, George, and Ben Greenman. Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir. Atria Books, 2014.
Referring to his dispute with the United States over U. S. accusations of Libyan sponsored terrorism. Libya eventually paid $2 billion in compensation to victims of their airline bombing.
This Pennsylvania prison was supposedly a “modern” reform in law enforcement. Rather than work gangs or mandatory factory work, this was the first “penitentiary” in America. The guilty convicts would be in a small cell for all but 1 hour or less a day, and the only thing in the cell other than soap and a toothbrush was a Bible. The convict was supposed to spend his sentence reading th Bible and being penitent for his crimes. It destroyed most inmates mentally until the Supreme Court Ruled total solitary confinement was unconstitutional. There are a fee high security prisons today where there is no social contact allowed the inmates and their constitutionality is being litigated based on Miller’s 1890 opinion. Another point that this quotation illustrates is that sometimes reform efforts produce a situation that was worse than before.
George Edward Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on science-fiction, outlandish fashion, psychedelic culture, and surreal humor. He launched a solo career in 1981, and would go on to influence 1990s hip-hop and G-funk. He is regarded, along with James Brown and Sly Stone, as one of the foremost innovators of funk music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, alongside 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. In 2019, he and Parliament-Funkadelic will be given Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.
