They're Playing Our Song: Conversations With America's Classic Songwriters
From Charles Champlin, former Los Angeles Times Film Critic:I can't tell you how delighted I am to have your book.  What a gas it must be for the song writer to be able to stop and think, "Hey, they're playing my song.."  It is a lot nearer to having a small grasp on immortality to know that somewhere a fragment of one's song can still be heard.It is amazing and also rather sobering to realize how many of the voices you were celebrating only a very few short years ago have already gone silent.  But thank God, their works live on.  Your work is now a priceless treasure trove of memory and a recapturing of men and women who have contributed so incredibly much to our lives, our memories, and our carings.  It is astonishing to stop now and again and realize and appreciate how deep and enduring an impression the songwriters have left on absolutely every one of us, whatever our race, voice, or condition of servitude.Thanks again for this lovely and timeless book.