Soul is not needing others to say it. Where soul is really at today is pop music. It emanates from the rumble of gospel chords and the plaintive cry of the blues. Always the Negro idiom. No Moon in June .
Soul music is sincerity, a homely distillation of everybody's daily portion of pain and joy.
It's not the moon in June. Sometimes it's violence and sex. That's the way it is in this world. The difference between Tin Pan Alley and Soul is not hard to define. I'll hold you always in my heart.