Lionel Richie

I said, no, I won't know what I'm going to say until I get there.

And I walk out on stage.

I said, now, how long do you want the speech?

They said, we have five minutes.

I'll give you five minutes worth of speech.

I was actually trained, you know, this is Grandma Foster, A.M.

Foster.

She quoted my grandfather in Booker T. Washington's house.

That's where she came from, Tuskegee.

My grandfather, they knew Booker T. She knew George Washington Carver.

In my home in Tuskegee, Alabama, there's a crocheted piece from Mr. Carver, Dr. Carver.

My dear Mrs. Foster, congratulations on your wedding.

Wow.

That's a crocheted piece.

The deed to my house has the Washington family's name on the deed to my house.

It was given to me and to my grandmother and grandfather.

by the Washington family Booker T so now when you have all that background it's kind of one of those things where where do you go with this thing you know right and so you know my my upbringing was pretty pretty amazing where it had structure had structure and now here I am over in this other side where wait a minute you mean I don't have to remember anything I can make up something

Whoa.

And allow the universe to just give you.

Whoa.