Going to go to ray charles and talk them into let me do and authorized biography of him because i wanted to win the Pulitzer Prize and the nobel prize and i didnt know anything about ghostwriting. So i had a hard time introducing myself to him and getting to him but i was able to do it through my tenacity. And when i did this agent said the u. You want to do his autobiography and i said no i dont. And he said e you do. I said i dont know how to do that. I dont know what a ghostwriter does. He said you will earn a lot more money if you do a ghostwritten book because its a much larger market for a ray charles book then there is for a biography of ray and i still dont want to do it. I want to do a biography after my own name. Then my agent asked me if westin that really changed my life and the question was, which book would you prefer to actually read a book written by someone about you about ray charles or a book about ray charles with rays voice . I said i would much prefer to read the
Leave them in their lock. I sue serio patricia, my granddaughter, teddy she was going to this waldorff school for awhile, you know, kind of fancy pants. Sounds fans. I granola eating, they would not let them have any technology around them, and they d they signed a form. It says even when you go home, no technology. No ipads. Really . They signed it, then broke the rules within 24 hours because she wanted her little ipad. I feel like schools are now putting in laptops ipads in schools. By the way on the left there, thats teddy. And those are her stepchildren. Siblings . Like i said. She already has children. She four years old. What happened . No those are her siblings, step siblings. And ill be seeing them this weekend, going out to San Francisco. Oh, for memorial day. Yes. Going to barbeque. We will be barbequing, hiking. Are you going to be what about technology. We will have a lot of Technology Matter of fact. Thats amazing sue. I have little cousin, around the same age as teddy he
Steve perry makes a surprise return to the page. So what took him so long . Today, tuesday, may 27th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio ia in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. If you have the red voice chair would you turn around for steve perry. Its nice to hear his voice again. He hadnt turned since 1991 with journey. Were going to find out what the event was that got him back on the stage. We want to get to our top story first. Malaysian authorities releasing new data. Tom castel lo has been following the investigation from the begin. They released 47 pages of raw data, page after page of number sequences. They all kind of look like that. It would take somebody with advanced knowledge of physics and Satellite Communications to confirm what they say are their conclusions, that flight 370 took a southerly course, likely flying to the indian ocean until the plane ran out of fuel a
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, the subcommittee on the property of the internet will come to order. Recess of the subcommittee at any time. We welcome all our witnesses today. Let me begin by adjusting my chair. Thank you. Good morning, welcome to the second of two hearing this, two weeks ago this subcommittee heard from your, Music Industry representatives about their concerns with the state of music licensing, the right was. Looking around the room, we can conclude you have more than a passing casual interest in this issue and welcome all of you here today. At the earlier meeting on mentioned my fondness for oldtime bluegrass and country. I dont know if that fostered the popularity across the country, probably hasnt but i will continue to try to do that and i will make my Opening Statement very brief because we have a long day ahead of us but witnesses in this panel may not agree on everything but they agree music and rich as the world in which we live. Since this is part ii of
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis they are the unsung sheroes of the musical season. A great stage or recorded studio, they belonged to darlene love and marry claim that backed up a performance by staying, the rolling stones, and they are justifiably getting their due. Courtesy of a new oscar nominated documentary i fell in love with called 20 feet from stardom. Just released now on dvd, it celebrates their career. I felt like if i just gave my heart to what i was doing, i would automatically be a star. I started cleaning house. There is a world out there that wants to hear you saying. They stayed in the game and they are legends. It is about time. Tavis merry clayton, i am delighted to have you here. Darlene love, i am honored to have you here as well. I had heard a little bit about your story for years but when i saw this documentary, it reminded me of the adage that people see the glory but they dont know the back story. When i saw the