I Try To Be A Guide For

But When I Went On The Stage To Do A Show, I Would Put On Makeup Because I Felt That It Enhanced My Act; It Drew Attention To What I Was Doing.

I Came From A Family Where My People Didn't Like Rhythm And Blues. Bing Crosby - "pennies From Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, Was All I Heard.

Greed Has Taken The Whole Universe, And Nobody Is Worried About Their Soul.

Rock 'n' Roll Offered Me A Platform To Speak What I Felt. It Also Offered Me A Platform To Support My Mama And My Brothers And Sisters - Twelve Children.

I Think They Saw Me As Something Like A Deliverer, A Way Out. My Means Of Expression, My Music, Was A Way In Which A Lot Of People Wished They Could Express Themselves And Couldn't.