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We were too rough at the edges to be a pop group.

My connection was we never want to put ourselves in a position as a nation where we pit group against group.

But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group.

You know, sitting in the car when they got back in and - first of all, it was relief. I was not - there were two get away cars or switch cars they were called. And, you know, the group tended to include everyone.

Now, I'm the only living member of that group. There was the six of us originally and they're now all gone.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.

We don't get groupies, well I don't see them, anyway. That was something that I always looked forward to and am constantly disappointed by the lack of!

I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.