There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.

If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.

My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.

I'm just singing what I feel in my heart.

My uncle was 16, in junior high, and he heard me singing and snatched me off the stage. I thought he was happy and was going to pat me on the head and say I was good. But he took me home and told my grandmother this youngin' was at school singing the blues.

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning

Well Lord, I'm still on the case. I'm still doing what Dr. King and Pops want me to do. I'm still on that freedom highway, and I'm going to walk on it until Dr. King's dream is realized.