(Eh oui, même 5 ans de retard, ça ne me fait pas peur)

He was a singer, of course, though he was perhaps better known for his grunts and his patter. “I wanna get up and do my thing. (Yeah!) Can I get into it? (Yeah!) Like a ... (What?) Like a ... (What?)” With an introduction like that, who cares if the song never starts?

Godfather of Soul, and C.E.O. of His Band (New York Times, 27/12/2006)