I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.

We enjoyed the fact that we were called to the folk festivals and we got to know Joan Baez, Dylan. We were singing strictly gospel, but then after we started hearing songs that they would sing, we saw that those songs were very fitting for us because they were singing the truth, and truth is gospel.

I'm so blessed that I can still be here to bring the music and have new generations of fans. My Pops would be so proud.

I would get in fights a lot. My voice was so heavy, kids would say you sound like a boy, so I would start beating them up.

I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.

One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.

Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.