People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

I thank God for making me a man.

A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.

I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley.

I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.