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I Am Always Writing A Potpourri Of Music. I Want To Give The World Escapism Through The Wonder Of Great Music And To Reach The Masses.

When It's Allowed To Be Free, Love Is What Makes Life Alive, Joyful And New.

A Lot Of People Misunderstand Me. That's Because They Don't Know Me At All.

Going To My Shows, It's Like A Religious Experience, Because You Come Out, You Go In One Person, You Come Out A Different Person.

All The Forms Of Popular Music From Jazz To Hip-hop, To Bebop, To Soul [come From Black Innovation]. You Talk About Different Dances From The Catwalk, To The Jitterbug, To The Charleston, To Break Dancing -- All These Are Forms Of Black Dancing...what Would [life] Be Without A Song, Without A Dance, And Joy And Laughter, And Music.