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Happiness Quote by Bootsy Collins

"It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!"

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Bootsy Collins talks the way his bass lines sound: elastic, playful, and a little sideways. “It’s a whole other ball game” isn’t just a sports cliché here; it’s a signal that we’ve left the rulebook behind. Bootsy has always made a career out of that shift, building funk as an alternate reality where style is substance and joy is a serious philosophy. The line lands like an invitation to step out of ordinary standards of success and into a zone where your own satisfaction is the only scoreboard that matters.

The subtext is quietly radical. He’s not selling discipline, hustle, or “greatness” as the ultimate virtue. He’s defending legitimacy for the weird, the loud, the unserious-for-everyone-else-but-essential-for-you. In a culture that constantly demands justification (Is it productive? Is it respectable? Is it monetizable?), Bootsy offers a different permission slip: if it makes you happy, it counts.

The charm is in the swaggering shrug of “then you know What the Heck!” That last phrase is both punchline and shield. It lowers the stakes, dodges moralizing, and keeps the vibe buoyant. Coming from a P-Funk architect who turned extravagance into an ethic, it reads like a refusal to let taste-policing or industry gatekeeping define the edges of a life. Bootsy isn’t preaching self-help; he’s practicing self-definition, with a grin, at full volume.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Collins, Bootsy. (2026, January 17). It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-a-whole-other-ball-game-and-i-am-glad-that-i-72439/

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Collins, Bootsy. "It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!" FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-a-whole-other-ball-game-and-i-am-glad-that-i-72439/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!" FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-a-whole-other-ball-game-and-i-am-glad-that-i-72439/. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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Bootsy Collins (born October 26, 1951) is a Musician from USA.

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