Joseph Patel and 'SLY LIVES!' director Questlove thought it wouldn't be "empathetic" to show Stone on camera Sly Stone wasn’t interviewed for his own documentary, and the creators of the film ...

"Unlike his forefathers -- James Brown, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, whoever came before him … it's before the Civil Rights Era, they're not able to bask in full celebrity freedom.

“I hate to say it,” the rhythm and blues singer D’Angelo ventures toward the end of Questlove’s new documentary “Sly Lives!” (streaming on Hulu), “but these White rock-and-rollers ...