. "And the dog? ???A dog gets away with anything,??? he says. ???That???s what I wanted do with my music, jump from category to category ??? from a love song to a heavy political thing to a novelty song.??? He spelled dog with a double g, partly due to Red Foxx???s double X. Imagine his surprise decades later when he saw rappers, such as Snoop Dogg, make his Dogg part of everyday street vernacular. ?" . . .