I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.