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Pops, he was a singer's singer. I loved to hear my father sing. He just was so laid-back and cool. I always wished I could sing like Pops.

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I don't know which way I'm going. My next CD might be country, might be Dylan, might be Mick Jagger. I don't know. I love a challenge.

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I sang with my father for over 50 years, and now all of a sudden he's gone, and I just dropped out.

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I've got to sing for Pops; I've got to keep my father's legacy alive because he started all of this. So I started calling people, and nobody would give me a chance, but I didn't let that stop me. I took money out the bank and I started making me a record, and I did it in this guy's basement.

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We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on.

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Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I'm gone.

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I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.

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I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

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I have fun just about everywhere I go.

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The kids today have these fresh faces. It's like they're on pins and needles, waiting to see what I'm going to do. They've never seen me. In the 1960s, those were hippies. They were wired up already. The kids today know me because I've worked with Jeff Tweedy and other young producers.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: July 10th, 1939

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