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" In the world of celebrity, there is one universal law: if there's a scandal or death, Al Sharpton will be there. "
Shawn Amos
Death
Law
World
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" While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos. "
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Father
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" Year after year, we see a new crop of musicians who do their best to look tough in lipstick and makeup. Maybe it's a cry for help, an admission of their strong feminine side, or the realization that they don't look so good any other way. Whatever the reason, makeup is as rock n' roll as a Marshall stack. "
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Best
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" 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. "
Shawn Amos
Artist
Concert
Serious
" The Woodstock dove on the iconic poster is really a catbird. And it was originally perched on a flute. "
Shawn Amos
Dove
Iconic
Flute
" Throughout the '50s, tons of unknown locals came through Sun to record their demos. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis all made their first recordings at the former Memphis Recording Service. "
Shawn Amos
Through
Unknown
Sun
" 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. "
Shawn Amos
Content
Words
Want
" There is a difference between a hand out and a help up. Brothers need to help brothers. They don't do it enough. "
Shawn Amos
Need
Help
Up
" We all love to sing along with our favorite songs. We sing in the car, in the shower, and at the karaoke bar. The problem is that half the time we don't know what we're singing. We're making up lyrics as we go along and hoping no one will notice. "
Shawn Amos
Problem
Know
Car
" At the height of his popularity in 1977, Cat Stevens converted to Islam and dedicated his life to educational and philanthropic causes. "
Shawn Amos
Life
Popularity
Islam
" Social media is social. We're looking to touch one heart at a time. With one great story at a time. "
Shawn Amos
Media
Great
Time
" I live in the social purgatory of the San Fernando Valley, while my eldest daughter is bused to a charter school in the fantasy land of Bel Air. "
Shawn Amos
Daughter
Fantasy
Land
" 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. "
Shawn Amos
Technology
Result
Success
" 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. "
Shawn Amos
Music
Rock
Poverty
" 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. "
Shawn Amos
Big
Depression
Home
" 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. "
Shawn Amos
Future
Group
Done
" A few performances have been left out of the various Woodstock soundtracks and film edits over the years, most notably The Grateful Dead. "
Shawn Amos
Dead
Grateful
Left
" 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. "
Shawn Amos
Single
1940s
Building
" When I started Amos Content Group in 2009, I made a simple bet: our handmade, contextual, and authentic content will stand out in an increasingly information-saturated world. "
Shawn Amos
Group
Simple
World
" Her makeup, hair and general quirkiness overshadow the fact that Cyndi Lauper was one the most soulful chicks to come out of the '80s. "
Shawn Amos
Her
Hair
Makeup
" I get my clothes from three sources: Target, thrift shops, and friends. It's simple and it's cheap. "
Shawn Amos
Simple
Target
Friends
" The same basic tools we've used for thousands of years to connect with people, to draw them in and to hold their attention will always work, even if we're telling our stories 140 characters at a time. "
Shawn Amos
Work
People
Attention
" If I were a rock star, I'd design my own clothes. I'd do it because that's the mark of a true rock star. "
Shawn Amos
Clothes
Rock Star
Rock
" Chrissie Hynde is the coolest woman alive, and no man can have her. "
Shawn Amos
Her
Woman
Alive
" 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. "
Shawn Amos
Fact
Say
Work
" Chrissie Hynde is the blueprint for any teenage pop star wannabe looking to have some real cred. "
Shawn Amos
Star
Some
Looking
" Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private. "
Shawn Amos
Up
Still
Get
" The Republicans need all the entertainment help they can get. When Charlie Daniels was one of your convention headliners, you know you need some serious help. "
Shawn Amos
Need
Your
You
" I take my kids to a farmers' market each Sunday to buy organic produce. "
Shawn Amos
Take
Sunday
Market
" You can talk about Michael Jackson all you want, but John Hughes was the soundtrack to my 1980s life. "
Shawn Amos
Want
You
Life
" Woodstock was a business. A very poorly run business. "
Shawn Amos
Run
Very
Poorly