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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.

When You Sit Down And Think About What Rock 'n' Roll Music Really Is, Then You Have To Change That Question. Played Up-tempo, You Call It Rock 'n' Roll; At A Regular Tempo, You Call It Rhythm And Blues.

I Don't Think That You Have To Be Effeminate To Be Sensitive.

I Think They Saw Me As Something Like A Deliverer, A Way Out. My Means Of Expression, My Music, Was A Way In Which A Lot Of People Wished They Could Express Themselves And Couldn't.

If At First You Don't Succeed, You Get Back Up And You Try ... And You Try ... And You Try It Again ... Except Ice Skating, I Hate This Crap, I Quit!