well, to be honest I use to hate him, but over the years I've to have the uttermost respect for him; compared to what else was around to during the height of his fame, he was an ordinal-you didn't have white boys singer and dancing like black folks back then-sure it can be said he ripped them off, but he paved the way for the likes of Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Joe Cocker, and Justin Timberland to name a few