My Mother Used To Play Nothing But

Long As I Was Riding In A Big Cadillac And Dressed Nice And Had Plenty Of Food, That's All I Cared About.

You Can't Fake This Music. You Might Be A Great Singer Or A Great Musician But, In The Need, That's Got Nothing To Do With It. It's How You Connect To The Songs And To The History Behind Them.

When Malcolm X Was Assassinated I Was Working At The Apollo. They Brought His Body To The Unity Funeral Home, Which Was Around The Corner.

I Figured I Could Do "it's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" Because I Believe It's The Truth.

That's Where It Begins And Ends For Me And These Songs Were The Ones That Touched Me The Deepest. It Was Like I Was Laying Hold Of Some Part Of Me That I Didn't Even Know Was There Until I Let It Out.