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I Was Directed And Commanded By Another Power. The Power Of Darkness. The Power That You've Heard So Much About. The Power That A Lot Of People Don't Believe Exists. The Power Of The Devil. Satan.

I Think God Made A Woman To Be Strong And Not To Be Trampled Under The Feet Of Men. I've Always Felt This Way Because My Mother Was A Very Strong Woman, Without A Husband.

Black People Lived Right By The Railroad Tracks And The Train Would Shake Their Houses At Night. I Would Hear It As A Boy And I Thought: I'm Gonna Make A Song That Sounds Like That.

I Don't Give The Devil Credit For Creating Nothing.

I Came From A Family Where My People Didn't Like Rhythm And Blues. Bing Crosby - "pennies From Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, Was All I Heard.