So, Rap Has That Quality, For Youth

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

Rap Actually Took Root In The Negro Community, And Then In The Hispanic Community, Long Before It Impacted On The Larger American Community As A Whole.

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.

In America, For A Brief Time, People Who Followed John Coltrane Were Studied And Considered Important, But It Didn't Last Long. The Result Is That The Kind Of Music I Played In The '60's Is Completely Dismissed In This Country As A Wrong Turn, A Suicidal Effort.

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.