Taj Mahal

As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.

My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.

When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.

So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.