So, I Was Just A Young Guy,

Black Music Has Become A Commercial Commodity. Live Performances Are Not So Accessible As They Were Previously. It Use To Be Possible To Go To The Bar On The Corner And Hear Music. It Was Available For A Fifteen Cent Beer.

A Whole Generation Of Young Whites Have Involved Themselves With Traditional Negro Music.

So, Rap Has That Quality, For Youth Anyway; It's A Kind Of Blues Element. It's Physical, Almost Gymnastic. It Speaks To You Organically. Rap Grows Out Of What Young People Really Are Today, Not Only Black Youth, But White - Everybody.

I Can't See Any Separation Between My Music And My Life. I Play Pretty Much Race Music: Its About What Happened To My Father, To Me, And What Can Happen To My Kids.

Yes, The Audience Is So Important To Negro Music, Especially The Element Of Call And Response.