Early is James Brown, Little Richard and Smokey Robinson rolled into one.

I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.

In the '60s, you know, you had this -- you'd have, you know, James Brown on the same show with Alan King, and that was -- that made perfect sense, and it still makes perfect sense,

James Brown died owing me $50,000. But I loved James Brown.

When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that.

You could say it was spectacular. That was the biggest one I've ever done. Most of the others rolled two or three times and that was it. It happened so fast and it was over. I had no time to think.