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" My father's very public life as Famous Amos was the opposite of that of his ex-wife, my mother Shirley, who was fighting a very private, solitary battle with mental illness. "

" Harlem's Apollo is probably the most well-known music hall in the world. "

" The rise of digital technology put marketers in a bind. No longer a captive audience, consumers were splitting their time across devices, social networks and websites. "

" The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie was an unexpected, unplanned pop culture phenomena. My father went from star-maker to star. "

" As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages. "

" Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors. "

" Chrissie Hynde is the coolest woman alive, and no man can have her. "

" Like any self-governing group of people, the Recording Academy has made missteps over the years. Still, it has corrected course and done more to open its arms to the future than nearly any other industry group around. "

" At its best, American music is the soundtrack of our long - and often painful - march toward a more perfect union. "

" There's a reason for Art Garfunkel's oddly shaped hair. It hides a very big brain. "

" In my early performing days, I played gigs under the pseudonym Whitey McFearsun. I painted my face blue, wore crimson lipstick, and strung on some tight silver latex pants. "

" Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide. "

" In the world of celebrity, there is one universal law: if there's a scandal or death, Al Sharpton will be there. "

" Social media is social. We're looking to touch one heart at a time. With one great story at a time. "

" Google+ will never have a user base to rival Facebook's. It just won't. Not even if you include the 'users' who create accounts so that they can use other Google services. "

" In Los Angeles, parenting is a competitive sport. From Beverly Hills baby boutiques to kids' yoga classes, L.A. fuses high style, industrial-strength materialism, and parental outsourcing into our own unique version of child-rearing. "

" You can talk about Michael Jackson all you want, but John Hughes was the soundtrack to my 1980s life. "

" While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos. "

" I get my clothes from three sources: Target, thrift shops, and friends. It's simple and it's cheap. "

" When I was growing up in L.A. in the late '70s and early '80s, Michael Jackson's was the first face on TV that looked like mine. "

" The late, great Janis Joplin could drink ten men under the table, then sing loud enough to shake the teeth out of their head. "

" I take my kids to a farmers' market each Sunday to buy organic produce. "

" Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve. "

" Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music. "

" Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every song, but writers from Benny Goodman to Lieber & Stoller to Neil Diamond all kept offices there. "

" At the height of his popularity in 1977, Cat Stevens converted to Islam and dedicated his life to educational and philanthropic causes. "

" Woodstock was a business. A very poorly run business. "

" Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private. "

" We all know the record biz don't pay. All musicians have day jobs - no matter how big they are. "

" Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's strengths and shortcomings. "