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The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody...

The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody...

I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up...

I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up...

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio...

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio...

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped...

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped...

What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans...

What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans...

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut.

You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut.

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all...

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all...

And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New...

And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New...

So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there...

So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there...

Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.

Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.

So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities...

So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities...

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.