Ricky Powell: Self
Quotes
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Ricky Powell : I'm really just a fuckin' regular Joe jerk-off from the neighborhood.
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Ricky Powell : The best thing is to be around people that are a positive force, that you get along with.
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[last lines]
Ricky Powell : Oh my God. I still look dope.
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Ricky Powell : So, September of '85, let me check out this kid Adam's band, The Beastie Boys. So, I go to the Kat Klub. It's packed. And then, I'll never forget, the fuckin' 808 bass drum sound, I mean, Def Jam signature drop. Boom! I was just like, wow, they're magnificent.
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Ricky Powell : See this? This is where they named a burrito after me.
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[first lines]
Ricky Powell : Oh shit. Ahhhh. Let's get busy. Don't let me interupt the show. Alright. I'm just buggin' out on mushrooms. Oh shit. Anyway, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ricky Powell. Oh shit. Thank you. People ask me, "What do you do for the Beasties?" Well, I do luggage. I roll their joints. Oh shit. You! Do you mind? I just gotta take this photo. I might be a possible album cover.
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Ricky Powell : I'm known as the lazy hustler, the illy punkster, Uncle Doinky, Uncle Sloppy, Corp Master Funk. I'm uncategorizable.
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Ricky Powell : My shit was crazy, that's all. It is what it was.
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Ricky Powell : I think I'm turning into one of those old kooks. But, I don't mind.
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Ricky Powell : I actually was kinda black - the way I walked, talked, dressed.
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Ricky Powell : I used to look at him from afar, like, yo, that kid has got some funky fresh flavor.
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Ricky Powell : I cannot work a regular job. I can't. I can't be a caged lion.
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Ricky Powell : It was a good time, man. Between me, you, and the lamppost, this is where I - discovered discreet older ladies. They used to give me the goo goo eyes in the elevator and noticed when the elevator hit their floor they'd look at me and I'd just follow them out the door. I was a hot monkey.
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Ricky Powell : I'm cleaning my room and I find a bag with some clothes and I recognize, oh, it's some of her shit. And I see a little camera in there. And I took it and I said, "I'm gonna make this bitch sorry she did me like a fuckin' soggy cannoli. I'm gonna fuckin' use this instrument and become something with it. And came into this fuckin' - this light. Photography was just perfect for me. I was exploring with it. Boom! Boom! Boom! Everything just fuckin' clicked.
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Ricky Powell : What? Oh, dip! That's me.
