… feeling young, he also drinks glasses and glasses of water to stay hydrated. It also keeps his skin smooth as silk. Water: it’s one of nature’s gifts that keeps on giving.
Morris Day and The Time (or The Original 7even) remain true funk trailblazers, emulated most recently by Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk,” which features Bruno Mars echoing Day when he (literally) checks the time and asserts, “Gotta kiss myself I’m so pretty.”
“I’d say to any young person, be prepared”, explains Morris. “If you think you’re at the top of your game, at the point where you can be out there and your music can sell records and stuff like that, I say be prepared. Have a nice production, if you’re a songwriter or a singer, always with you, because you never know when Morris Day or whoever might be coming down the escalator at the mall or something.
You might meet somebody who can get your music to the next step. So do your homework first, be good at what you do, and then be prepared.”