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

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" Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us. "

" The blues is deceptively simple. Verse and chorus. Sometimes not even a chorus. Four bars that repeat, no Auto-Tune, electricity optional. It is the most direct, bare-bones of content. There is no interference between the head and heart. "

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

" Early 1900s Hollywood was full of farmers battling to hold onto their land against a new influx of filmmakers who dug Hollywood's reliable weather and diverse landscape. "

" Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American. "

" Brands frantically tried to compete for users' fragmented attention, spraying content on every platform in a 24/7 race to stay relevant. "

" 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. "

" We're all posting and clicking and sharing, but we're not devoting enough attention to get anything meaningful from it all. "

" We are more than the work we perform. In fact, I'd say that our work is a mere representation of who we are underneath. "

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

" From their '61 Cavern Club debut to their last rooftop concert eight years later, The Beatles gave every serious artist in their wake the songbook and sound for their career. It's the musical trough from which nearly every musician drinks. "

" 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. "

" Black people cannot look to government to solve their problems. "

" For years, I've felt like the loneliest brother on the planet. I don't play basketball, I can't dance, and I'd rather listen to Harry Nilsson than hip hop. "

" Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn't need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men. "

" Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste. "

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

" If you're going to write an anthem for an old man who's up at political bat for the last time, give him a decent song. Send him off with something that creates some chills or something. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Technology has the benefit of being easily scalable. A few weeks or months of coding can result in solutions that reap huge benefits. The global success of Facebook, Twitter, and Google are all triumphs of technology. "

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

" Her makeup, hair and general quirkiness overshadow the fact that Cyndi Lauper was one the most soulful chicks to come out of the '80s. "

" 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. "

" Fresh content doesn't exist to game the SEO system. It's the words, images, and stories that truly engage us, make us want to share with others, and creates a bond between us and a brand. "

" Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home. "

" Music and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another. Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back. "

" When Woodstock ended on Monday morning, over 600 acres of garbage was left behind on Max Yasgur's farm. It took over 400 volunteers and $100,000 to remove it all. "