A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

No one church has all the answers or the perfect map to the Promised Land, and I prefer to work out my own faith and my own convictions in the seclusion of my own mind.

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.