there s an element of alchemy in making music. almost a sorcery or a magic that, i don t necessarily understand, but i know that it moves me. i seen the lights go out on broadway i saw the empire state laid low and life went on beyond the palisades they all bought cadillacs and left there long ago to tell the world about the way the lights went out and keep the memory alive it s all these human emotions. for some reason, we can tap into that, musicians. when we came up with this idea of doing a series of in-depth interviews with really extraordinary people, we started thinking about whom we should try to get, and whom we should ask. and we thought about the usual political figures, obama, the dalai lama. and i kept coming back to the idea, of interviewing the person i really wanted to interview, and that was billy joel. and the reason is that i ve been in love with his music ever since i was a teenager growing up in india. billy joel has been a
broadway i saw the empire state lay low life went on beyond the palisades they all bought cadillacs left there long ago to tell the world about the way the light went out to keep the memory alive it s all these human emotions. for some reason we can tap into that as musicians. when we came up with this idea of doing this series of in-depth interviews with really extraordinary people we started thinking about whom we should try to get and whom we should ask. and we thought about the usual political figures, obama, the dali lama. and i come back to the idea of interviewing the person i really wanted to interview, and that was billy joel. and the reason is i ve been in love with his music ever since i was a teenager growing up in india. billy joel has been a rockstar for five decades. today he keeps up his nearly ten-yearlong residency at madison square garden playing the piano and belting out the lyrics that so many fans adore. he s sold more than 150 million reco
gotcha! sorry. [laughter] i wanted to ask you about public confusion, connected with attorney general barr s release of your report. i will be coding you are in march 27th letter. sarah, in that letter and at several other times did you convey to the attorney general that the introductions and executive some summaries accurately i have to say the letter itself speaks for itself. and those were your words and that? continuing with your letter, you are to the attorney general that the summary letter the department sent to congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of march 24th did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office s work and conclusions. is that correct? again, i rely on the letter itself for its terms. thank you.
what was it about the reports context, nature, substance that the attorney s letter did not capture? i think we captured that in the in the march 27th responsive letter. this is from the letter.
You re an instant star. there s a lot of work involved. but there s also the background. i grew up hearing all kinds of music. i was exposed to classical music at a young age, broadway shows, folk music. what was the first tune that you ever played? the first tune i ever played, wait a minute, i ll show you this. my daughter has the same book, i think i m plugging this shamelessly. the john thompson. the john thompson piano course. book 1, first-grade book. john thompson used it for piano. the first piece i learned was called, believe it or not, off we go to music land. do you remember it? yes. can you play it without looking at it? here it is, okay. and it goes like this. and even has words.