I Just Want To Say To Fans

I Truly Believe I Have The Most Wonderful Fans In The World.

They Didn't Trademark Everything Back Then. Now Someone Farts And They Put A Tm After It. Even Miller Lite Says 'a Fine Pilsner Beer' On The Label. It Is A Crime.

All The Forms Of Popular Music From Jazz To Hip-hop, To Bebop, To Soul [come From Black Innovation]. You Talk About Different Dances From The Catwalk, To The Jitterbug, To The Charleston, To Break Dancing -- All These Are Forms Of Black Dancing...what Would [life] Be Without A Song, Without A Dance, And Joy And Laughter, And Music.

I've Been In The Entertainment Industry Since I Was Six-years-old ... As Charles Dickens Says, 'it's Been The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times.' But I Would Not Change My Career ... While Some Have Made Deliberate Attempts To Hurt Me, I Take It In Stride Because I Have A Loving Family, A Strong Faith And Wonderful Friends And Fans Who Have, And Continue, To Support Me.

I Really Do Wish People Could Understand Me Some Day.