People always said that, but I always thought, “Why is it that we forget that African-Americans invented rock ‘n’ roll?” When I’d go back to my [old] neighborhood in Bed-Stuy, I used to have black youth say, “Why you play that white music?” And I’d have to stop and say, “Listen, little brother or sister, we invented this music. Go back and listen to Chuck Berry, go back and listen to Bo Diddley, go back and listen to Little Richard.” And so forth and so on.