It’s often overlooked. It’s labor. That’s at the heart of #‎ collaboration .

The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.

I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.

When everything is added up, the frequent blows weighted against the sporadic triumphs, this is I have to say not just a vocation, it's a great gift. But you also know this, for your work, for your passion, every day is a rededication. Painters, dancers, actors, writers, filmmakers. It's the same for all of you, all of us. Every step is a first step. Every brush stroke is a test. Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. So, let the learning continue.

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

Rock & roll seemed to just come to us, on the radio and in the record stores. It became our music. . . But then we uncovered another, deeper level, the history behind rock and R&B, the music behind our music. All roads led to the source, which was the blues.

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.