“When I was growing in the Callope project, we had an oval parkway. Pavement ran around this whole thing. We'd skate or ride bicycles. There were benches and trees out there. It was paradise to us. They finished building it the same year I was born.”

American singer

Aaron Neville is an American singer, associated with R&B, soul, gospel, jazz, country, and pop. He is known for his smooth tenor voice and for his long recording career. He first drew wide attention with the 1966 single "Tell It Like It Is," which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and his work is often identified with a style that moves easily across genres.