Sly Stone Opens up about Drugs, Michael Jackson & More (MUST SEE) Jan30, 2015

its always a good day when Sly Stone is smiling.

Brian Wilson wasn't humiliated like this. This is Sly Stone, a musical genius and he should be treated with respect. This interviewer is putting words in his mouth and condescending.

I have personally known Sly since 2005. I even lived with him in Porter Ranch, Ca. in 2009 and in Woodland Hills, Ca. 2010-11. I went with him to the 2006 Grammys. This interview is along a side street in Compton, Ca. of a friend of ours named Baybay. Sly is named sly because he is sly. This interview depicts how Sly actually is day-to-day. He speaks his mind and sometimes he doesn't! He is a very nice person and very intelligent and artistic. His musical skills and mind are mind-blowing! I am honored to have a long History with him.

This is the man that influenced Prince. Bottom line....the youngsters need to know.

This man is an American musical legend. This interview showed a lack of respect to him and his legacy.

Sly is a musical genius and a legend. If I ever get to meet him, I'll have a million questions and not one of them will involve football or Suge Knight.

This interview broke my heart. One of the finest musicians ever!

this guy has no business interviewing Sly.

I don't give a shit what anybody says, Sly is a true LEGEND, one of three originators of FUNK

Horrible interview. Why don't you ask relevant questions? This man is a LEGEND!!!

I'm literally crying watching this. The music industry played such a huge role in ruining this man's life... this interview should have been treated with much more decorum. God bless Sly.

...when you get an opportunity to interview a legend like Sly Stone....c'mon man you gonna ask these lame ass questions!?! Just let the man share. The right person could bring amazing stories from this incredible talent and sweet soul. Even without all the drugs, most couldn't touch his frequency in his hey day. Indeed he's lost too much. What a generation!!! Grateful to be there.

Man has more talent than entirety of pop musicians of the lat 10 years combined.

To bad this interviewer would not let Sly finish his sentences and thoughts.

I attended a Sly and the Family Stone concert when they were major stars, around 1970. Yeah, they were late coming onstage, around 45 minutes late. But they put on a great show. Apart from being a top notch musician, Sly in the late ‘60s was part of a small movement that tried to bring black and white America together. Almost unheard of in those days, his “soul” band was integrated. And much to the annoyance of the Black Panthers, who like Sly were originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, the theme of many of his songs was racial harmony as what we all need to work toward to make America a happier place. Later events caused Sly and fellow hopefuls to give up, but he deserves credit for trying. Like so many black artists, and musicians in general, Sly was ripped off by his so-called managers. And like most of my boomer generation, music lovers especially, he was into drugs. Just as with Elvis, Jimmi, Janis and the rest, hard drugs destroyed his career. But to me Sly is more victim than villain. Unlike now, when opiate addiction is rampant and meth has destroyed countless lives, back in the ‘60s recreational drug use was a social thing, a generational thing that like the music itself was part of the lifestyle of the time. Sly went beyond that and obviously paid the price. But still, for what he was and tried to do in his early years, he deserves respect and forgiveness in his old age.

Sly is still sly,he knows how to get around this guy He's not stupid

I recall being at Madison Square Garden in 1970's and I was with my Dad buying tickets to see the Knicks. While buying tickets in the lobby I could hear Sly and the Family Stone practice "If You Want Me To Stay." I instantly recognized that bass line as it shook the walls in the lobby. I was drawn in to that sound and it's power. I really don't think Sly ever really knew just how profoundly he touched people with the power of his music because there is no drug greater than what he gave the listener which is the magic and beauty of music. I love you, Sly. God bless you!

Musical genius!! So ahead of your time, thank you , thank you , thank you for all the great music you gave us Sly!!

He's a living legend regardless of things that happened in his personal life. Genius is applied to a lot of musicians who aren't, but Sly truly is.

One word....Wow! Sly deserves so much more. He's in my prayers.