You Have To Learn To Get Up

It's A New Dawn, It's A New Day...and I'm Feeling Good.

We Have Ordered Things So Long In A Certain Way, We Are Numb. Nobody Dares Question It. This Is What Is Wrong, Symbolically, With America.

I Believe In Racial Memory Too. I'm Sure I've Got Ancient African Blood In Me That Has Something To Do With What I Am.

I Do Love To Sing Jacques Brel Songs, Intensely. I Get Terribly Excited, Just By Reading A Couple Of Lines In Any One Of His Songs.

I Only Knew Classical Music, Which To Me Was The Only True Music. The Only Way I Could Survive At The Bar Was To Mix The Classical Music With Popular Songs, And That Meant I Had To Sing. What Happened Was That I Discovered I Had A Voice Plus The Talent To Mix Classical Music Together With More Popular Songs, Which At The Time I Detested.